Application for registration of aircraft--Failure to register as misdemeanor--False statement as felony

The owner or lessee of an aircraft to be operated within this state shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, file with the department on a form furnished by the department, an application for registration of the aircraft. A person who fails to register an aircraft within thirty days after it is operated in this state is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. A person who knowingly makes a false statement of a material fact in the application is guilty of a Class 5 felony. This section does not apply to any sUAS. Source: SDC 1939, § 2.0402 as enacted by SL 1949, ch 4 , § 2; SL 1966, ch 1 , § 1; SL 1983, ch 15 , § 191; SL 1985, ch 379 , § 1; SL 1993, ch 348 , § 8; SL 2010, ch 227 , § 72; SL 2014, ch 222 , § 85; SL 2014, ch 223 , § 1; SL 2019, ch 203 , § 32. 50-11-9.1, 50-11-10. Repealed by SL 2019, ch 203 , §§ 65, 66.