10-45D-14.   Prohibited acts--Misdemeanor or felony. Any person who:

             (1)      Makes any false or fraudulent return in attempting to defeat or evade the tax imposed by §§ 10-45D-1 to 10-45D-2, inclusive, is guilty of a Class 6 felony;

             (2)      Fails to pay tax due under §§ 10-45D-1 to 10-45D-14, inclusive, within sixty days from the date the tax becomes due is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;

             (3)      Fails to keep the records and books required by § 10-45D-13 or refuses to exhibit these records to the secretary of revenue or the secretary's agents for the purpose of examination is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;

             (4)      Fails to file a return required by §§ 10-45D-1 to 10-45D-14, inclusive, within sixty days from the date the return is due is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;

             (5)      Willfully violates any rule of the secretary of revenue for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of §§ 10-45D-1 to 10-45D-14, inclusive, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor; or

             (6)      Violates either subdivision (2) or subdivision (4) of this section two or more times in any twelve-month period is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

Source: SL 2002, ch 63, § 14; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2004, ch 96, § 2; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.

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