Title 32 — MOTOR VEHICLES
55 chapters · 1,941 sections in this title.
SDCL § 32-5-87 Repealed by SL 1977, ch 249 , § 57
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32-5-88 Mount Rushmore design--Costs and feasibility. 32-5-89 Determination of characteristics of plate--Dealers' plates. 32-5-89.1
SDCL § 32-5-88 Mount Rushmore design--Costs and feasibility
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The number plates authorized by § 32-5-82 may have impressed thereon, in addition to the words and numerals set forth in § 32-5-84 , a replica of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial sculptured figures; provided, that such replica can be reproduced on a motor vehicle license plat…
SDCL § 32-5-89 Determination of characteristics of plate--Dealers' plates
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The size, design, thickness of metal or material to be used, color, and general makeup of the number plates for motor vehicles of all classifications shall be determined by the department. The department shall also prescribe the plate to be used by the dealers for demonstration p…
SDCL § 32-5-89.1 Omitted
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32-5-89.2 Special personalized license plates as replacement for regular plates--Restrictions. 32-5-89.3 Application for personalized plates--Fees--Validation each year with stickers--Fee disposition. 32-5-89.4 Transfer of vehicle--Removal of personalized plate required until tra…
SDCL § 32-5-89.2 Special personalized license plates as replacement for regular plates--Restrictions
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Any owner of a motor vehicle, including a motorcycle, who is a resident of this state, and who has complied with all laws of this state in regards to the registration of a motor vehicle, may have the license plates replaced by special personalized license plates which shall confo…
SDCL § 32-5-89.3 Application for personalized plates--Fees--Validation each year with stickers--Fee disposition
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Application for special personalized license plates shall be made on forms prescribed by the secretary. Upon the receipt of a properly completed application form and payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars for any motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, the department shall order …
SDCL § 32-5-89.4 Transfer of vehicle--Removal of personalized plate required until transfer approved by secretary--Violation as petty offense
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If at any time a motor vehicle subject to the special personalized license plates is sold, conveyed, or otherwise transferred by the person to whom such plates have been issued, the owner shall remove the personalized license plate and may not attach the personalized plate to any…
SDCL § 32-5-89.5 Replacement of lost, mutilated, or destroyed personalized plates--Affidavit--Fee--Disposition of fee
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In the event of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of any special personalized license plates, the owner of the registered vehicle may obtain a duplicate upon filing an affidavit showing such facts and after paying a ten dollar fee to the department. The fee shall be credited t…
SDCL § 32-5-89.6 Repealed by SL 2007, ch 173 , §§ 30, 49, eff
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July 1, 2008. 32-5-90 Registration--Contents--Registration number. 32-5-90.1 Abstract of registration information--Fee. 32-5-90.2
SDCL § 32-5-9.1 Fees for snowmobiles--Period of license--Payment before operation
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License fees for snowmobiles, payable under § 32-5-5 , shall be ten dollars per snowmobile for a one-year period. The fees shall be prorated monthly and the snowmobile registered in the same manner as motor vehicles pursuant to §§ 32-5-2.2 and
SDCL § 32-5-9.3 Initial registration tax on snowmobiles--Failure to pay as misdemeanor
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In addition to the license fee in § 32-5-9.1 , there shall be assessed on each snowmobile registered a three percent excise tax on the purchase price less trade difference. The fee and tax shall be collected pursuant to §
SDCL § 32-5-90 Registration--Contents--Registration number
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The department shall furnish with each number plate for motorcycles and snowmobiles and with each pair of number plates or number stickers for passenger vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers, a registration, which shall contain the following data: the name of the registered owner o…
SDCL § 32-5-90.1 Abstract of registration information--Fee
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The department may, upon written request and payment of a two - dollar fee, furnish a person an abstract of the registration information of any motor vehicle and semitrailer registered pursuant to this title. The fee shall be deposited in the state motor vehicle fund. Governmenta…
SDCL § 32-5-90.2 Repealed by SL 2001, ch 165 , § 9
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32-5-91 Inspection of registration by peace officer--Possession of registration--Violation as petty offense. 32-5-92 Lost certificate of registration--Duplicate--Fee. 32-5-93 Forwarding applications to department. 32-5-94 Application and registration of vehicle--Manner to facilit…
SDCL § 32-5-91 Inspection of registration by peace officer--Possession of registration--Violation as petty offense
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The registration referred to in § 32-5-90 is subject to inspection by any peace officer at any time. The registration shall, at all times, while the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer for which it was issued is being operated within this state, be in the possession of the ope…
SDCL § 32-5-92 Lost certificate of registration--Duplicate--Fee
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In the case of lost certificates of registration, the loss of which is accounted for to the satisfaction of the department, duplicates may be issued. A fee of two dollars shall be paid for each duplicate so issued. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0209; SL 1957, ch 217 ; SL 1989, ch 257 , …
SDCL § 32-5-93 Forwarding applications to department
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The county treasurer shall, at the close of each day during which his office has been open to the public, mail to the department the applications received and registered by him during that day. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0104; SL 1959, ch 246 , § 2; SL 1965, ch 178 ; SL 1989, ch 257 …
SDCL § 32-5-94 Application and registration of vehicle--Manner to facilitate retrieval
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On receipt of any application, the secretary shall denote the same in his office and register the motor vehicle in a manner whereby retrieval of the data can be made at any time. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0105; SL 1943, ch 156 , § 1; SL 1949, ch 162 , § 1; SL 1955, ch 155 ; SL 1989,…
SDCL § 32-5-95 Repealed by SL 1989, ch 257 , § 97
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32-5-96
SDCL § 32-5-96 Repealed by SL 1985, ch 241 , § 21
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32-5-97 Separate numbering of different types of vehicles. 32-5-97.1 Farm vehicles--Decals. 32-5-97.2
SDCL § 32-5-97 Separate numbering of different types of vehicles
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Commercial motor vehicles, noncommercial motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, motorcycles, and snowmobiles are distinct classes of motor vehicles, and each shall be numbered in separate series. Each series shall carry a distinctive letter selected by the department. Source:…
SDCL § 32-5-97.1 Farm vehicles--Decals
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Farmers or ranchers who own a motor vehicle as defined by § 32-3-1 used wholly and exclusively to carry their own supplies, farm equipment, and household goods to or from the owner's farm or ranch or used by the farmer or rancher to carry his or her own agricultural products, liv…
SDCL § 32-5-97.2 Repealed by SL 2007, ch 173 , §§ 16, 49, eff
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July 1, 2008. 32-5-98 Operation of motor vehicle without visible license plates prohibited-- Removal of unauthorized plates--Violation as misdemeanor. 32-5-99 Loss of plates--Issuance of duplicates--Affidavit--Fee--Disposition of fee--Report of loss. 32-5-99.1
SDCL § 32-5-98 Operation of motor vehicle without visible license plates prohibited-- Removal of unauthorized plates--Violation as misdemeanor
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Except as otherwise specifically provided, no person may operate or drive a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state unless the vehicle has a distinctive number assigned to it by the department, and two number plates, bearing the number conspicuously displayed, horizont…
SDCL § 32-5-99 Loss of plates--Issuance of duplicates--Affidavit--Fee--Disposition of fee--Report of loss
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In the event of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of any plates issued under this chapter, the owner of the registered vehicle may obtain a duplicate from the department through the county treasurer upon filing an affidavit showing such facts and upon payment of a fee of ten d…
SDCL § 32-5-99.1 Repealed by SL 1992, ch 208 , § 7
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32-5-99.2
SDCL § 32-5-99.2 Repealed by SL 1987, ch 217 , § 2
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32-5-100 Plates as state property. 32-5-101 Operation of vehicle while registration is suspended--Misdemeanor. 32-5-102 Prosecution for assault or homicide not barred--Civil action. 32-5-103 Trafficking in license plates or decals--Counterfeiting--Unauthorized transfer to another…