Title 32, MOTOR VEHICLES

The provisions of §§ 32-22-9 to 32-22-12.1 , inclusive, do not apply to a combination of vehicles consisting of a towing motor vehicle or farm tractor and two anhydrous ammonia fertilizer tank trailers. The vehicles in such a combination may not exceed a total length of seventy f…

The provisions of §§ 32-22-9 to 32-22-12.1 , inclusive, do not apply to any combination of vehicles consisting of a towing motor vehicle and two implements of husbandry which is being operated by or for a farm implement dealer. The operator of any such combination shall have in p…

Notwithstanding the length restrictions in § 32-22-12.1 , a combination of vehicles consisting of a towing motor vehicle and two trailers or semitrailers transporting light duty and medium duty trailers constituting inventory property of a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer of …

Except for farm machinery and fire department equipment for which there is no maximum height limit and for trailers carrying baledfeed for which the maximum height limit is fifteen feet, no motor vehicle may operate upon a public highway if the maximum height of the vehicle, incl…

A motor vehicle owned by a farmer used to transport his own farm commodities or farm implements is exempt from the size limitations prescribed pursuant to §§ 32-22-3 and 32-22-14 , except for travel on the interstate highway system. Source: SL 1979, ch 226 , § 2; SL 1983, ch 242 …

No motor vehicle or combination of vehicles operating on a public highway may have a weight: (1) In excess of twenty thousand pounds on any one axle, or in excess of the tire weight per inch of tire width prescribed by § 32-22-21 , including all enforcement tolerances; (2) In exc…

For the purposes of § 32-22-16 the maximum gross weight on a group of two or more consecutive axles allowable on a public highway shall be determined by the following formula: W = 500 [LN/(N-1) + 12N + 36] In applying the above formula, "W" equals the overall gross weight on any …

A motor vehicle hauling unfinished logs is not in violation of the maximum axle or tire weight limits set by § 32-22-16 or 32-22-21 if the total gross vehicle weight of the vehicle is within the maximum limits set by §§ 32-22-16 and 32-22-21 and the load is adjusted to the legal …

No vehicle hauling agricultural products from farm storage or livestock from a farm is subject to enforcement action for violations not exceeding the legal limits imposed pursuant to § 32-22-16 or 32-22-21 by more than five percent. However, the vehicle is only exempt pursuant to…

Any combination of vehicles being operated upon the public highways shall, for the purposes of § 32-22-16 , be deemed to be a single vehicle. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0336 (6) (e) as added by SL 1953, ch 234 ; SL 1957, ch 223 , § 2; SL 1959, ch 260 , § 2; SL 1980, ch 226 , § 9.

It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to operate or move, or cause to be operated or moved, upon any public highway on the state trunk system, any load, including farm machinery or implements of husbandry, which exceed the width limitations prescribed by § 32-22-3 during the…

No vehicle equipped with pneumatic tires may be operated or moved upon any highway in this state, if the weight of the vehicle and the load thereon resting upon the surface of the highway exceeds: (1) Six hundred fifty pounds on any inch of the tire width on any type of axle perm…

The Transportation Commission shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26 , to provide for the issuance of single trip permits by the Division of Highway Patrol to allow a motor vehicle or motor vehicle combination to move to a public or private scale site for the purpose of…

The maximum weight limit as provided by subsection 32-22-21(1)(e) applies to the following highways: (1) The interstate highway system; (2) Any locally designated highway within the corporate limits of any municipality adjacent to the interstate highway system; (3) U.S. Highway 1…

"Tire width," when applied to pneumatic tires, shall mean the diameter of the cross - section of such tires as customarily measured and rated by the manufacturers of motor vehicles and tires. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0336 (6) (e) as added by SL 1943, ch 158 , § 2; SL 1947, ch 192 ;…

The maximum axle and axle group loadings as set forth in § 32-22-16 shall be reduced during the period of each year from February fifteenth to April thirtieth, inclusive. The proper highway authority, responsible for maintenance of the highways, shall set reduced load limits duri…

If, for any reason, the improved highways of this state are rendered incapable of bearing the customary traffic without undue damage, or if it is considered by the Department of Transportation, the board of county commissioners of any county, the board of supervisors of any towns…

No vehicle equipped with solid or cushion rubber tires may be operated upon the highways of this state if the weight of such vehicle or vehicles and load resting upon the surface of the highway exceeds four hundred pounds upon any inch width of such solid or cushion rubber tires …

No vehicle equipped with tires, rollers, or wheels, the rolling surface of which resting upon the highway consists in whole or in part of metal, may be operated upon any highway of this state if the weight of such vehicle or any load thereon or weight of vehicle and load resting …

The provisions of §§ 32-22-27 and 32-22-28 shall not apply to traction engines or tractors, the propulsive power of which is asserted, not through wheels resting upon the ground but by means of a flexible band or chain generally known as a movable track when the portions of the m…

Except for self-propelled or towed farm machinery operated pursuant to § 32-22-3.2 or a recreation vehicle, no motor vehicle may operate upon a public highway if the width, measured at the widest points, either of the vehicle or the load, exceeds one hundred two inches, excluding…

Any farm implement exceeding the width limitations prescribed by § 32-22-3 may be operated during the period of day between one - half hour after sunset and one - half hour before sunrise on the following day on any road not specified in § 32-22-2 , if the equipment has flashing …

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the Department of Transportation or county commissioners may permit public and private vehicles and equipment in excess of the weight limitations established in this chapter to be operated on highway construction projects on public …

The Department of Transportation may inspect any scale tickets issued by any weigh scale operator for a vehicle being used in connection with the construction, repair, or maintenance of a public highway pursuant to a contract administered by the Department of Transportation for c…

Any county highway superintendent or municipal street superintendent may inspect any scale ticket issued by any weight scale operator for a vehicle being used in connection with removal of construction aggregate from a county - permitted gravel pit or for the construction, repair…

The secretary of the Department of Transportation shall, not less than semi - annually, review the performance of each county's program of overweight vehicle enforcement and shall certify a list of those counties whose enforcement programs are unsatisfactory. In reviewing each co…

All motor vehicles, trucks, trailers, and semitrailers used in transporting on the public highways articles consisting, wholly or in part, of any pipe, casing, rods, bars, finished lumber products, logs, poles, or piling, which are longer than eight feet, shall have them securely…

The transportation commission may designate all or any segment or portion of the state trunk highway system, and increase the maximum size and weight of vehicles, axles, trailers, semitrailers, and loads which may be operated upon and over such segments, as shall conform with suc…

The Division of Highway Patrol may issue a written, telegraphic, or telephonic permit for a fee or fees to be fixed, authorizing an applicant to move any kind or form of vehicle or building for a single trip over a route to be designated by the Department of Transportation to any…

The Division of Highway Patrol shall provide for the publication, sale, and delivery of books containing single trip permits, in multiples of ten, upon application made therefor and payment in advance of the total permit fee, for the transportation of oversize or overweight vehic…

The local subdivisions of government charged with maintenance of highways in their respective jurisdictions may issue written annual or single trip permits authorizing an applicant to move any kind or form of vehicle or building to any point within their respective jurisdictions …

A manufacturer of agricultural machinery or equipment transporting machinery or equipment manufactured in South Dakota to a point in South Dakota; a dealer in and commercial carrier of oversize farm implements; a farmer or rancher transporting oversize farm implements; a commerci…

The transportation commission, pursuant to chapter 1-26 , may promulgate rules to provide for the issuance of oversize and overweight permits by the Division of Highway Patrol. The transportation commission shall set the fee for those permits by rules adopted pursuant to chapter …

The limitations of § 32-22-16 do not apply to the maximum gross weight per axle of any vehicle hauling solid waste. However, the maximum gross weight of such a vehicle may not exceed the total weight limitation of all the axles combined as provided by § 32-22-16 , nor may any veh…

The Division of Highway Patrol, with respect to highways under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation, and local authorities with respect to highways, roads, and streets under their jurisdiction may issue annual or seasonal permits for the movement of oversize and o…

Except on the interstate system, a motor vehicle hauling agricultural products from a harvesting combine to the point of first unloading is not in violation of the maximum axle or tire weight limits set by § 32-22-16 or 32-22-21 due to the shifting of the load if the total gross …

An individual who is cited for not having an oversize or overweight permit may be issued a single trip permit by the highway patrol or ports of entry to allow the continued movement of the vehicle, if the issuance of the permit is consistent with the standards set forth in the De…

The transportation commission may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to authorize the movement of triple trailer combinations over state highways under the authority of a single trip permit. The rules shall establish the maximum trailer and overall vehicle lengths, maximum…

The rear of the last trailer authorized in § 32-22-42.14 shall be marked "LONG LOAD." Source: SL 1988, ch 263 , § 2; SL 1989, ch 272 , § 4.

If a commercial operator of a vehicle on which is mounted hay grinding equipment is issued an oversize permit pursuant to §§ 32-22-41 and 32-22-42 , the operator may move the vehicle from November first to March thirty - first, inclusive, upon any public highway during any time o…

No vehicle hauling agricultural products from a harvesting combine to the point of first unloading is subject to enforcement action for violations not exceeding the legal limits imposed pursuant to § 32-22-16 or 32-22-21 by more than ten percent. However, the vehicle is only exem…

A motor vehicle hauling livestock as defined in § 39-5-6 is not in violation of the maximum axle or tire weight limits set by § 32-22-16 or 32-22-21 due to the shifting of the load if the total gross vehicle weight of the vehicle is within the maximum limits set by §§ 32-22-16 an…

A tractor towed or truckmounted haystack mover is not subject to enforcement actions for exceeding the legal limits in § 32-22-16 or 32-22-21 by five percent or less except on the interstate highway system. If enforcement action is taken, the fine or penalty applies only to that …

The issuance of any permit provided for in this chapter or the rules adopted for issuance of the permit do not relieve the holder of the permit from liability for damages caused to a highway by any movement under the permit. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0342 (5) as added by SL 1957, ch…

The Division of Highway Patrol may allow the emergency movement of oversize and overweight vehicles at any time on any day over any public highway in the interest of national defense. Source: SL 1963, ch 196 ; SL 1983, ch 335 , § 28; SL 1987, ch 234 , § 7; SL 1992, ch 372 , § 17.

The board of county commissioners of any county, the board of supervisors of any township, the board of trustees of any road district, or the Department of Transportation, shall erect and maintain at a point on the right-of-way and within six hundred feet of both entrances to any…