Title 32, MOTOR VEHICLES

If an officer upon weighing a vehicle and load as provided in § 32-22-50 determines that the vehicle's weight is unlawful, the officer shall require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place adjacent to the place of weighing. The vehicle shall there remain until such por…

The unloading of livestock as defined by subdivision 39-5-6(11) is prohibited for the enforcement of violations of §§ 32-22-16 and 32-22-21 . The officer shall issue to the driver of the vehicle at the point of violation a special overweight permit for the amount of the overload …

It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to drive or move, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any highway any vehicle or vehicles, of a size or weight exceeding the limitations stated in this chapter, or the rules of the Transportation Commi…

Upon a fourth or subsequent conviction of any person for operating a motor vehicle in violation of the provisions of §§ 32-22-2 to 32-22-33 , inclusive, the court in which such conviction is obtained may, as a part of the judgment, cancel and require the surrender of the license …

Any person who is convicted of the offense of operating a motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state with weight upon any wheel, axle, or groups of axles or upon more than one thereof greater than the maximum permitted by §§ 32-22-2 to 32-22-33 , inclusive, 32-22-47 and…

Unless specifically authorized by permit, a variable load axle may not be raised if, when it is raised, it causes any other axle to be overloaded. The transportation commission may promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26 , to provide for the issuance of annual permits by the D…

Any motor vehicle registered in South Dakota which is equipped with a variable load axle or modified thereafter with a variable load axle shall be equipped with a pressure control device. The control for adjusting pressure shall be mounted outside of the driver compartment and sh…

The transportation commission may, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 1-26 , specify the size and load carrying capacity of variable load axles or other axles used to modify or increase the carrying capacity of any vehicle. Source: SL 1989, ch 264 , § 22.

The transportation commission may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to restrict the size or weight of any motor vehicle or class of motor vehicle on roads under its jurisdiction provided the vehicle size or weight restriction is conspicuously signed. Source: SL 1987, ch 210 , …

During daylight hours if the load on any vehicle extends more than four feet beyond the rear of the bed or body thereof, there shall be displayed at the end of the load in a position which is clearly visible at all times from the rear of the load a red flag not less than twelve i…

If for any reason a segment of the state trunk highway system cannot accommodate the motor vehicle size limits set forth in chapter 32-22 without endangering public safety or damaging the highway surface or structures, the transportation commission may adopt rules, pursuant to ch…

The transportation commission, pursuant to chapter 1-26 , may promulgate rules governing hitches used to transport farm implements from the manufacturer. Source: SL 1989, ch 271 .

Any tow truck or wrecker, as defined by § 32-17-10 , when moving any damaged, disabled, or abandoned vehicle from any highway emergency to the first point of unloading is exempt from the weight, width, height, and length restrictions imposed by this chapter. The combination of ve…

Any permit issued by a permit issuing authority under this chapter may be presented electronically as proof of the permit. An electronic copy is considered written evidence of a permit if the permit was issued by a permit issuing authority and the permit was issued by electronic …

Unless otherwise signed, any motor vehicle may travel upon any segment of the national system of interstate and defense highways and the state trunk highway system if the vehicle is operated within the following length limitation: (1) Fifty - three feet on the length of the semit…

No local unit of government may deny commercial motor vehicle combinations described in § 32-22-8.1 or motor vehicles operating under a special permit access to the interstate system or state trunk system highways from established truck terminals, loading docks, or maintenance fa…

The authority of the Division of Highway Patrol to issue permits for oversize motor vehicles is not affected by the length restrictions in § 32-22-8.1 . Source: SL 1983, ch 246 , § 6; SL 1984, ch 230 , § 11; SL 1987, ch 234 , § 3; SL 1992, ch 372 , § 17.

Notwithstanding the length restrictions in § 32-22-8.1 , a stinger-steered automobile transport may not extend more than four feet beyond the front bumper, bed, or body of the vehicle or six feet beyond the rear bumper, bed, or body of the vehicle. Source: SL 2017, ch 142 , § 2.

Except as provided by §§ 32-19-8 , 32-22-8.1 , 32-22-10 , 32-22-11 , 32-22-12.1 , and 32-22-12.2 , any combination of vehicles consisting of more than two units, including a truck, tractor, or towing vehicle, may not operate on a public highway. A violation of this section is a C…