Counterfeit airbags--Prohibition--Violation as misdemeanor

SDCL § 32-15-38 — under VEHICLE AND ACCESSORY SPECIFICATIONS.

SDCL § 32-15-38

No person may knowingly: (1) Import, manufacture, sell, offer for sale, install, or reinstall in a motor vehicle a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, a nonfunctional airbag, or an object that does not comply with 49 C.F.R. § 571.208 as of September 26, 2022, for the make, model, and year of the motor vehicle; (2) Sell, offer for sale, install, or reinstall in any motor vehicle a device that causes the diagnostic system of the motor vehicle to inaccurately indicate that the motor vehicle is equipped with a properly functioning airbag; and (3) Sell, lease, trade, or transfer a motor vehicle if the person knows that a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, a nonfunctional airbag, or an object that does not comply with 49 C.F.R. § 571.208 as of September 26, 2022, for the make, model, and year of the motor vehicle, has been installed in the motor vehicle as part of the airbag. A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 2023, ch 105 , § 2.