Title 32 — MOTOR VEHICLES
55 chapters · 1,941 sections in this title.
SDCL § 32-5-188 Electric motor vehicle--Annual fee--Definitions
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In addition to the license fees paid pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for a motor vehicle, the owner of an electric motor vehicle shall pay an annual fee of fifty dollars. The fee shall be paid at the time of annual registration as otherwise provided in this chapter. Ho…
SDCL § 32-5-189 Nonresident off-road vehicles--Decal--Use of vehicle on public highways--Where affixed
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A non-resident owner of an off-road vehicle not currently registered for on-road use, that meets the requirements of § 32-20-13 and is brought into the state for noncommercial use on the public highways of this state, shall purchase a decal. The decal allows the off-road vehicle …
SDCL § 32-5-190 Nonresident off-road vehicles--Application--Fee
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Application for the decal authorized by § 32-5-189 shall be made to the department or a county treasurer. The application shall be on a form approved by the secretary and contain the names of all owners, each owner’s social security number, a description of the off-road vehicle w…
SDCL § 32-5-191 Off-road vehicles--Distribution of fees collected
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If the application required by § 32-5-190 is processed solely by the department, the fee shall be deposited into the state motor vehicle fund. If the application is processed by a county treasurer and reviewed by the department, half of the fee shall be deposited in the state mot…
SDCL § 32-5-192 Retired firefighter specialty plates--Requirements--Design
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Any owner of a motor vehicle, who is a resident of this state, who served as a firefighter for more than ten years, and who has complied with all the laws of this state in relation to the registration of a motor vehicle, may receive plates bearing a special number and design or a…
SDCL § 32-5-193 Retired firefighter specialty plates--Application--Penalty for falsifying
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Any person applying for a retired firefighter plate shall submit an application, on a form prescribed by the secretary, and signed by the local fire chief, to the county treasurer of the applicant's county of residence. Any applicant who submits a falsified application is guilty …
SDCL § 32-5-194 Habitat conservation specialty plates
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Any owner of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state and who has complied with all of the laws of this state in relation to the registration of a motor vehicle may receive habitat conservation specialty plates. The specialty plates must be issued only upon proof of paymen…
SDCL § 32-5-195 Habitat conservation specialty plates--Fee
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An administrative fee of ten dollars must be charged for habitat conservation specialty plates. The fee must be deposited into the license plate special revenue fund. Source: SL 2024, ch 113 , § 2, eff. Mar. 1, 2025.
SDCL § 32-5-196 Habitat conservation specialty plates--Design
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The habitat conservation specialty plate must be designed by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks and approved by the secretary of the Department of Revenue. The specialty plates must be reflectorized and designed to have a habitat conservation emblem placed on the plate. The h…
SDCL § 32-5-197 Habitat conservation specialty plates--Administration--Emblem fee--Game, fish and parks fund
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The Department of Game, Fish and Parks, and its agents, may sell the habitat conservation emblems and are responsible for the administration of the habitat conservation emblem. Fees for the habitat conservation emblems must be set by rules promulgated by the Game, Fish and Parks …
SDCL § 32-5-198 Habitat conservation specialty plates--Emblem use--Violation as misdemeanor
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No emblems other than a habitat conservation emblem may be used on the habitat conservation specialty plate. The habitat conservation emblem may not be affixed to any other emblem specialty plate. Misuse of the habitat conservation emblems or use of unauthorized emblems or sticke…
SDCL § 32-5-199 Habitat conservation specialty plates--Transfer or replacement
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Habitat conservation specialty plates must be transferred and replaced in the same manner as emblem specialty plates pursuant to §§ 32-5-171 to 32-5-173 , inclusive. Source: SL 2024, ch 113 , § 6, eff. Mar. 1, 2025.
SDCL § 32-5-2 Application for registration--Contents--Failure to provide information as misdemeanor--Acceptance of incomplete or erroneous form prohibited
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Every owner, or with written authorization, any other person as defined by subdivision 2-14-2(18) on behalf of and as the agent for the owner, of a motor vehicle, motorcycle, truck tractor, road tractor, trailer or semitrailer, or recreational vehicle or trailer, which is operate…
SDCL § 32-5-2.1 Staggered registration of noncommercial vehicles
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The annual registration of noncommercial vehicles shall be staggered throughout the year excluding the months of April, October, and December. Source: SL 1987, ch 215 , § 1; SL 2018, ch 177 , § 1.
SDCL § 32-5-2.10 Seller's report of sale--Violation as misdemeanor
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At the time of sale of a vehicle, the seller shall file a report of sale with the department indicating the purchaser's name and address. Failure to file such a report is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 2007, ch 173 , § 12, eff. July 1, 2008.
SDCL § 32-5-2.11 Fee for reassignment of license plate
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A five dollar fee shall be assessed for any reassignment of a license plate or set of plates. Source: SL 2009, ch 150 , § 2.
SDCL § 32-5-2.2 Determination of month to register vehicle
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The first letter of the owner's last name shall determine the month in which a noncommercial vehicle owner shall register the vehicle. For a corporation or limited liability company, the first letter in its name shall be used. The registration shall proceed as follows: January A,…
SDCL § 32-5-2.3 Repealed by SL 2007, ch 173 , §§ 1, 49, eff
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July 1, 2008. 32-5-2.4 Renewal of registration during assigned month--Expiration of staggered license plates or validation stickers--Violation as misdemeanor. 32-5-2.5 Registration of acquired motor vehicle--Application. 32-5-2.6 Early renewal--Fee for late renewal. 32-5-2.7 Remo…
SDCL § 32-5-2.5 Registration of acquired motor vehicle--Application
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A person who acquires a motor vehicle required to be annually registered shall, at the time of application and no later than forty-five days after the date of purchase apply for a certificate of title or transfer of title, register the vehicle until the appropriate month assigned…
Early renewal--Fee for late renewal
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A person may renew a noncommercial vehicle registration anytime less than ninety days prior to the vehicle's registration expiration date. Any person who renews a noncommercial vehicle registration after the date of expiration shall pay the full year's fee required by this chapte…
SDCL § 32-5-2.7 Removal of number plates required upon transfer or assignment of vehicle ownership--Credit for unexpired months--Violation as misdemeanor
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If the ownership of a vehicle registered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is transferred or assigned, the transferor shall remove the number plates from the vehicle and shall receive credit for the unexpired months at the time the plates are attached to another vehicle.…
SDCL § 32-5-2.8 Repealed by SL 2007, ch 173 , §§ 5, 49, eff
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July 1, 2008. 32-5-2.9 Seller's permit for sold or transferred vehicle--Time for registration--Violation as misdemeanor. 32-5-2.10 Seller's report of sale--Violation as misdemeanor. 32-5-2.11 Fee for reassignment of license plate. 32-5-3 Information respecting owner of vehicle. 3…
SDCL § 32-5-2.9 Seller's permit for sold or transferred vehicle--Time for registration--Violation as misdemeanor
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If a vehicle is sold or transferred, the seller shall provide the purchaser with a seller's permit that allows for the movement of the vehicle until registered but no later than forty-five days from the date of purchase. Failure to comply with this section is a Class 2 misdemeano…
SDCL § 32-5-200 Chapter exclusion--Multi-passenger quadricycle
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A multi-passenger quadricycle, as defined in § 32-14-17 , is exempt from this chapter. Source: SL 2024, ch 118 , § 6.
SDCL § 32-5-21 Motorbus defined--Noncommercial fee--Gross maximum weight
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For purposes of this chapter, a motorbus is any vehicle, with a seating capacity of sixteen or more persons, including the driver, used in the transportation of persons. The annual license fee for noncommercial motorbuses shall be paid based on the noncommercial vehicle fee sched…
SDCL § 32-5-22 Unregistered motor vehicles
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A motor vehicle acquired from the State of South Dakota or any of its governmental subdivisions, a motor vehicle licensed under any special license provisions of this state, a motor vehicle previously registered in South Dakota but currently licensed in another state or a motor v…
SDCL § 32-5-23 Destruction of licensed vehicle or failure of vehicle to pass inspection--Removal of plates--Credit--Replacement of plates
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If a registered and licensed motor vehicle is destroyed by collision or fire, disposed of for salvage, or if rejected or condemned for use on the highways as the result of action by any inspection authority of this state, the registered owner of the current license plates thereon…
SDCL § 32-5-24 Refund of overpayments and erroneous payments--Return of registration and stickers--Time for application
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The department shall issue to the several county treasurers authorizations to refund to the lawful owner of any motor vehicle from current collections of motor vehicle license fees for overpayments or for any motor vehicle license fee paid in error, past or future, paid by the ow…
SDCL § 32-5-25 Dealer's license fee
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Except as otherwise provided in § 32-5-27 , dealers in motor vehicles who have paid the dealers' license fee and complied with chapter 32-6B may not be required to pay the registration fee provided in §§ 32-5-5 to 32-5-9 , inclusive. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0108 (7); SL 1973, ch 1…
SDCL § 32-5-26 Repealed by SL 1989, ch 257 , § 61
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32-5-27 Used out-of-state motor vehicles--Sale or resale--Title, taxes, and license--Exemptions--Violation as misdemeanor. 32-5-27.1
SDCL § 32-5-27.1 Repealed by SL 1990, ch 234 , § 2A
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32-5-28
SDCL § 32-5-28 Repealed by SL 1988, ch 236 , § 14
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32-5-29 Sales of vehicles prima facie evidence that seller is used car dealer--Particular parties excepted--Violations--Misdemeanor. 32-5-30 Fee for noncommercial vehicles more than ten years old. 32-5-31
SDCL § 32-5-29 Sales of vehicles prima facie evidence that seller is used car dealer--Particular parties excepted--Violations--Misdemeanor
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Proof that a person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, or corporation has engaged in the sale of five or more used motor vehicles in the course of one period of twelve consecutive months is prima facie evidence that such person, firm, partnership, …
SDCL § 32-5-3 The historical license plates shall be issued to the applicant instead of the usual license plates after payment of a ten dollar registration fee
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Historical license plates for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle shall be issued in pairs. A single historical license plate shall be issued for a motorcycle. The license plates shall be permanent for the life of the vehicle. No motor vehicle for which historical license pla…
SDCL § 32-5-30 Fee for noncommercial vehicles more than ten years old
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If any noncommercial motor vehicle, according to the manufacturer's model year designation, is ten years old or more on January first of the year for which a license fee is required, such fee shall be seventy percent of the fee ordinarily prescribed. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0108 (…
SDCL § 32-5-31 Repealed by SL 1985, ch 241 , § 12
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32-5-31.1
SDCL § 32-5-31.1 SDCL 32-5-31.1
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SDCL § 32-5-32.1 SDCL 32-5-32.1
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SDCL § 32-5-33 Repealed by SL 1985, ch 241 , § 17
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32-5-34
SDCL § 32-5-34 Repealed by SL 1980, ch 213 , § 5
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32-5-35
SDCL § 32-5-35 SDCL 32-5-35
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SDCL § 32-5-36 SDCL 32-5-36
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SDCL § 32-5-4 Repealed by SL 1987, ch 215 , § 7
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32-5-4.1 Nonresident registration application--Issuance of nonnegotiable interstate title--Purpose and duration--Violation as misdemeanor. 32-5-4.2 Forwarding of nonnegotiable interstate title to department with application. 32-5-4.3
SDCL § 32-5-4.1 Nonresident registration application--Issuance of nonnegotiable interstate title--Purpose and duration--Violation as misdemeanor
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Any person who is an owner of a motor vehicle, motorcycle, truck tractor, road tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or recreational vehicle or trailer, who is required to apply for registration under chapter 32-3 , 32-5 , 32-5B , 32-9 , or 32-10 , and whose legal residence or chief pla…
SDCL § 32-5-4.2 Forwarding of nonnegotiable interstate title to department with application
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The county treasurer shall forward each nonnegotiable interstate title to the department with the application for registration. The department shall determine that such certificate was valid at the time of application for registration. Source: SL 1969, ch 179 ; SL 1988, ch 236 , …
SDCL § 32-5-4.3 Repealed by SL 1988, ch 236 , § 13
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32-5-5 Vehicle license fee based on weight--Certification of correct weight. 32-5-6 Schedule of fees for noncommercial automobiles, pickup trucks, and vans. 32-5-6.1 Schedule of fees for noncommercial motor homes. 32-5-6.2
SDCL § 32-5-42 Registration--Vehicles--Costs
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Any motor vehicle that is the property of this state, the United States, a county, a township, a municipality, an improvement district as defined in § 7-25A-1 , a public or nonpublic school accredited by the Department of Education, an Indian mission school in this state, an Indi…
SDCL § 32-5-42.1 Nonprofit community support provider vehicles--Registration--Plates--Disposition of costs
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Motor vehicles which are the property of nonprofit community support providers (sheltered workshops) recognized or approved by the Department of Education in this state, and which are used exclusively by such nonprofit community support providers (sheltered workshops), may be reg…
SDCL § 32-5-42.2 Registration of mass transit vehicles owned by state, municipality, or county--Costs--Vehicles purchased with federal funds
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Any motor vehicle owned by the state, a municipality, or county that is used to provide mass transportation services shall be registered, upon application, in the manner provided for other motor vehicles. No fees may be charged for the registration of the vehicle. The department,…
SDCL § 32-5-43 Identifying markings of state - owned vehicles--Exceptions--License plates
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All state - owned motor vehicles shall have identifying markings printed on both sides thereof. The design size and description of the markings shall be specified by the commissioner of human resources and administration. This section does not apply to the vehicles used by the of…