Title 32 — MOTOR VEHICLES

The department shall issue to motor vehicles, owned by public corporations listed in § 32-5-42 or school buses owned by individuals who contract with public school corporations and use the vehicles solely for the purpose of transporting school students and school employees, licen…

Section 32-5-16.1 applies to all mobile homes not previously registered in this state. However, a mobile home owned by a nonresident coming into this state from another state, a mobile home purchased and owned by a member of the armed forces while on duty in the United States and…

The provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise specifically provided, relative to registration, payment of license fees, and display of registration numbers do not apply to any motor vehicles owned by a nonresident of this state, if the owner has complied with the provisions…

A nonresident within the meaning of § 32-5-46 is a person who does not reside in this state. If present in this state for more than ninety days, a person is considered a resident for the purposes of §

A nonresident within the meaning of § 32-5-46 shall include any nonresident who is stationed in this state while in the military service of the United States or who is assigned in this state under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 and any dependent of such nonresident. S…

The provisions of § 32-5-46 as to the exemption from registration of any motor vehicle owned by a nonresident shall apply only to the extent that under the law of the state of his residence like exemptions and privileges are granted to motor vehicles, motorcycles, trailers, truck…

32-5-49.1 Registration not required for nonresident harvest vehicles during harvest season--Compensation certificate required--Violation a misdemeanor. 32-5-50 Dealers participating in driver education program--Application to department--Fee--Violation as misdemeanor. 32-5-51 Lic…

Any motor vehicle or trailer owned and operated by a nonresident engaged in the harvest of agricultural products may be operated upon the highways, roads, and streets of this state without being registered. However, such motor vehicles shall comply with the provisions of chapter …

Vehicle license fees provided by this chapter are based, except as otherwise specifically provided, upon manufacturers' weights, including accessories. If a noncommercial motor vehicle is an automobile, pickup truck, or van with a manufacturer's shipping weight, including accesso…

Any motor vehicle dealer who participates in the driver education program in the schools of the state by furnishing any school with a motor vehicle used in the program, shall upon application to the department and payment of a fee of four dollars, receive from the department a pu…

The license plate authorized by § 32-5-50 shall be in such form, size, and design as may be determined by the department and shall be affixed to the vehicle in such manner as is provided for the affixation of other motor vehicle dealer license plates. The vehicle may then be oper…

Every vehicle licensed under § 32-5-50 shall be used only for the purposes of driver education under such program and only within the first or second class municipality wherein said dealer furnished said vehicle and within a radius of twenty miles of said municipality; provided t…

32-5-54

32-5-55 32-5-55 to 32-5-56.1. Repealed by SL 2014, ch 142 , §§ 16 to 19. 32-5-57 32-5-57 , 32-5-58. Repealed by SL 1992, ch 208 , §§ 4, 5. 32-5-59

32-5-60

License fees and compensation on a noncommercial motor vehicle which is an automobile, pickup truck, or van as provided by § 32-5-5 , shall be determined by the manufacturer's shipping weight, including accessories, as follows: (1) Two thousand pounds or less, inclusive, thirty-s…

License fees for any noncommercial motor home shall be determined by the manufacturer's shipping weight, including accessories, as follows: (1) Six thousand pounds or less, inclusive, one hundred eight dollars; (2) From 6,001 to 8,000 pounds, inclusive, one hundred forty-four dol…

32-5-6.3 Schedule of fees for noncommercial vehicles other than automobiles, pickup trucks, or vans--Misdemeanor. 32-5-6.4 Registration of certain noncommercial motor vehicles for less than twelve months--Fee. 32-5-7

The owner of any noncommercial motor vehicle which would be required to pay a license fee based on the gross weight of the motor vehicle as provided by § 32-5-6.3 may register the vehicle for a period of three to eight months, inclusive, in lieu of an annual registration. The fee…

32-5-61 32-5-61 to 32-5-64. Repealed by SL 2014, ch 142 , §§ 21 to 24. 32-5-65 Special plates for commercial radio or broadcasting companies--Fee--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor. 32-5-65.1 Special plates for amateur radio licensees--Fee--Surrender of plates--Violat…

Any commercial radio station or broadcasting company that holds an unrevoked and unexpired official license issued by the federal communications commission or employees of the station or company when requested and approved by the station or the company, and who are residents of t…

Any owner of a motor vehicle who holds an unrevoked and unexpired official amateur radio license, is a resident of this state and has complied with all the laws of this state in regards to the registration of a motor vehicle, may apply for a set of special plates bearing an inscr…

July 1, 2008. 32-5-67 License plate special revenue fund. 32-5-68 32-5-68 to 32-5-74. Repealed by SL 1977, ch 249 , § 57. 32-5-75

All fees received pursuant to §§ 32-5-42 , 32-5-42.2 , 32-5-65 , 32-5-65.1 , 32-5-159 , 32-5-160 , and 32-5-181 shall be credited to a fund to be known as the license plate special revenue fund. The special revenue fund shall be expended for the purchase of special plates require…

32-5-8 Schedule of fees for recreational vehicles and noncommercial trailers and semitrailers. 32-5-8.1 Identification plate required for certain trailers or semitrailers--Display--Fee--Transfer of title. 32-5-8.2 Trailers or semitrailers with identification plates may only be pu…

32-5-76 Special plates for person with substantial physical disability or parent or guardian of dependant with substantial physical disability--Violation as misdemeanor. 32-5-76.1 Portable certificates for persons with substantial disabilities--Application--Physician's certificat…

Any individual who is a resident of this state with a substantial physical disability that makes it impossible or causes substantial hardship to walk may be issued a portable, serially numbered certificate by the secretary, which permits the person or the operator of a vehicle be…

Any nonprofit organization, licensed hospital, retirement home, or educational institution which has under its care or responsibility persons with physical disabilities, which transports persons with physical disabilities, and which has complied with all laws of this state in obt…

Any nursing facility licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 34-12 and which has complied with all laws of this state in regards to the registration of a motor vehicle, may apply for a set of special plates as prescribed by § 32-5-76 permitting the operator of a vehicle tr…

Any person who is a resident of this state and the owner of a noncommercial automobile, pickup truck, van, or truck, with a weight less than eight thousand pounds, or a retired firetruck which is more than thirty years old at the time of applying for registration of the vehicle, …

32-5-77.2 Display of original number plates on historical vehicles. 32-5-77.3

A motor vehicle registered pursuant to § 32-5-77 may, in lieu of being issued number plates by the secretary, display original South Dakota number plates issued in the same year as the model year of the motor vehicle on which they are displayed. The number of the original plates …

32-5-78 General license fees in lieu of other taxes against vehicle. 32-5-79

Except as otherwise specifically provided and except as to compensation for use of the highways by motor carriers, the license fees and taxes imposed upon all of the classes of motor vehicles as specified in §§ 32-5-5 to 32-5-46 , inclusive, §§ 32-5-77 , 32-5B-1 , and 32-5B-20 ar…

July 1, 2008. 32-5-80 Registration of motorcycles. 32-5-81 Application to county treasurer--Issuance of distinctive number plate--Fuel used by vehicle--Failure to identify fuel as misdemeanor. 32-5-82 Delivery or mailing of plates or stickers--Fees--Plates to be stocked at county…

License fees and compensation for any recreational vehicle as defined in § 32-3-1 or for any noncommercial trailer and semitrailer, for use of the highways payable pursuant to § 32-5-5 and pulled by a noncommercial motor vehicle on which the license fees were paid pursuant to § 3…

A trailer or semitrailer licensed with an identification plate pursuant to § 32-5-8.1 may only be pulled by a noncommercial motor vehicle licensed pursuant to § 32-5-6.3 or a commercially licensed motor vehicle except as provided by §

A noncommercial motor vehicle licensed pursuant to § 32-5-6 may pull a trailer or semitrailer with an identification plate issued pursuant to § 32-5-8.1 if the operator of the noncommercial motor vehicle has a temporary vehicle operating permit. The permit shall be issued by the …

Any owner of a motor vehicle licensed for fifty thousand pounds or more in accordance with the provisions of § 32-5-6.3 or 32-5-8 , who operates upon the public highway or allows to be operated thereon, any motor vehicle the weight of which, together with its load, exceeds the gr…

Applications for the registration of motorcycles shall be made to the county treasurer in the manner provided in §§ 32-5-2 and 32-5-3 and shall be forwarded to the secretary who shall register the same. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0105; SL 1943, ch 156 , § 1; SL 1949, ch 162 , § 1; SL…

On receipt of any application under §§ 32-5-2 and 32-5-3 , the county treasurer shall register the vehicle. Upon payment of the fee prescribed by law for the registration of the vehicle described in the application, the county treasurer or department shall issue a distinctive num…

On receipt of any registration application pursuant to the provisions of §§ 32-5-2 and 32-5-3 , the county treasurer or department shall deliver to the owner two number plates or two number stickers, or both. The plates or stickers shall bear the distinctive number contained in t…

The county treasurer or department shall furnish for each annual registration two identical number stickers to designate the year and month of registration. Each number sticker shall be valid only for the registration period for which the sticker is issued. The display of the sti…

The number plates authorized by § 32-5-82 shall be of different design each seven-year period and there shall be at all times a marked contrast between the color of the number plates and that of the numerals and letters on the plates. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0114; SL 1943, ch 157 …

The number stickers authorized by § 32-5-82 shall be of distinctly different color each year of issuance and there shall be at all times a marked contrast between the color of the number stickers and the background of the base plate. Source: SL 1975, ch 198 , § 6.

The number plates authorized by § 32-5-82 shall be of metal or other suitable material bearing the name of the state, either in full or by abbreviation and a distinctive number for assignment to each vehicle. The distinctive number may be in figures or a combination of figures an…

The number stickers authorized by § 32-5-82 shall be of reflective, durable, and adhesive material bearing the abbreviated name of the state, the abbreviated name of the month, and the number of the year. Source: SL 1975, ch 198 , § 7; SL 1987, ch 215 , § 11.

No person may operate or drive a snowmobile which is required to be licensed in this state unless such snowmobile has the license attached as required by §

Two number plates must be issued, except that as to a motorcycle, recreational vehicle, semitrailer, and trailer, as such terms are defined in § 32-3-1 , one number plate must be issued. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0115 as added by SL 1955, ch 159 , § 2; SL 1959, ch 249 , § 2; SL 1963…

To reduce highway accidents at night all number plates authorized by § 32-5-82 shall be reflectorized to an extent, under such method, and to a degree to be maintained all during the service life of the plates as determined by the department. In determining the quality of reflect…