Title 32 — MOTOR VEHICLES

Source: SL 2020, ch 131 , § 3.

The fees collected shall be credited to the license plate special revenue fund. The fee and permit imposed by this section does not apply to a new or used mobile home or manufactured home owned and transported by or for a dealer licensed under chapter 32-7A . A violation of this …

The vehicle registration must state each owner of the motor vehicle pursuant to §§ 32-5-2 and

In this chapter, the term, motor vehicle, includes all vehicles or machines, trailers, semitrailers, recreational vehicles, truck tractors, road tractors, and motorcycles propelled by any power other than muscular and used upon the public highways for the transportation of person…

32-5-1.2 Mopeds exempt from chapter. 32-5-1.3 Farm vehicles exempt--Exceptions. 32-5-1.4 All-terrain vehicles used in agriculture exempt. 32-5-2 Application for registration--Contents--Failure to provide information as misdemeanor--Acceptance of incomplete or erroneous form prohi…

Mopeds as defined in § 32-20-1 are exempt from the provisions of this chapter unless the applicant wishes to license a moped. Source: SL 1978, ch 230 , § 9; SL 1989, ch 257 , § 50.

Any farm wagon, farm implement drawn by another vehicle, or farm vehicle which is designed and used primarily for tillage, harvesting, or transportation of agricultural products or farm property by or for agricultural producers is exempt from the provisions of this chapter unless…

Any three - wheeled or four - wheeled all - terrain vehicle using a highway ditch or crossing a highway to get to and from a field or pasture and being used in the course of farm or ranch labor is exempt from the provisions of this chapter. Source: SL 1985, ch 242 .

32-5-10.1 Motorcycle safety education fee--Amount and payment. 32-5-10.2 Motorcycle safety education fee--Deposit in special revenue fund. 32-5-10.3 Motorcycle safety education fee--Collection and remittance. 32-5-10.4 32-5-10.4 , 32-5-10.5. Repealed by SL 1992, ch 222 , §§ 1, 2.…

In addition to the license fees and compensation required pursuant to § 32-5-9 for motorcycles, a motorcycle safety education fee of seven dollars shall be paid at the time of registration of each motorcycle. Source: SL 1982, ch 227 , § 1; SL 1991, ch 240 ; SL 1994, ch 239 ; SL 2…

The county treasurer shall remit to the department the motorcycle safety education fees collected pursuant to §

The collection and remittance of the fee imposed by § 32-5-10.1 shall be governed by §

All motor vehicle license plates issued by the department, or by any county treasurer of the state, shall continue to be the property of the State of South Dakota for the period for which the plates are valid. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0113; SL 1945, ch 186 ; SL 1989, ch 257 , § 101…

Any person who operates any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while the registration thereof is suspended or revoked, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.9907.

A conviction of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall not be a bar to a prosecution for an assault or for a homicide or to a civil action for injury caused by any person in operating a motor vehicle. Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0117.

Any person, other than a public official designated by this title to do so, who buys, sells, or deals in the license plates or decals provided by this chapter during the time such license plates or decals are valid, or deals with license plates or decals issued by a foreign state…

No person may alter or forge, or may cause to be altered or forged, a motor vehicle registration card or other temporary registration device or a copy of a card or device issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or chapter 32-6B . Any violation of this section is a Class…

32-5-105

32-5-106

32-5-107 Temporary permit for person in possession of title or bill of sale--Inspection of title or bill of sale--Fee--Application--Exclusion. 32-5-108 32-5-108 to 32-5-109.7. Repealed by SL 2014, ch 142 , §§ 25 to 33. 32-5-110 Commemorative or souvenir license plates--Use for ge…

The department may promulgate rules in accordance with chapter 1-26 to establish and market a commemorative or souvenir license plate. The license plate shall be of a design that is clearly identified with South Dakota. The minimum fee for the license plate shall be ten dollars. …

The secretary of revenue may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 and issue such instructions as are necessary to ensure and obtain uniformity in the administration of the provisions of this chapter. All local officials charged with the administration of the provisions of th…

The county treasurer shall assist in the administration of chapters 32-3 , 32-5 , and 32-5B and perform such duties in connection therewith as may be required by the secretary. Source: SL 1986, ch 242 , § 16; SL 1988, ch 236 , § 20.

Any owner of a motor vehicle, who is a resident of this state, and has a valid South Dakota driver license or nondriver identification card, who is a firefighter, an advanced life support personnel, or emergency medical technician licensed pursuant to chapter 36-4B , and who has …

In addition to the noncommercial license plate fees, an advanced life support personnel, emergency medical technician, or firefighter receiving special license plates provided in § 32-5-113 or retired firefighter plates provided in §§ 32-5-192 and 32-5-193 , shall pay a fee of te…

The number plates authorized by § 32-5-113 shall be retained for the same period of time as plates referred to in §

Any firefighter desiring special license plates authorized by § 32-5-113 for use during the next year shall make application to the Department of Revenue specifying the number of vehicles to be licensed, the firefighter's name, and the county of residence. The department shall no…

July 1, 2008. 32-5-118 Special firefighter or advanced life support personnel plates--Application to county treasurer--Registration fee. 32-5-119 Failure to apply for firefighters or advanced life support personnel plates. 32-5-120 Special firefighter or advanced life support per…

Each firefighter, advanced life support personnel, or emergency medical technician must apply to the county treasurer of the county of the firefighter's, advanced life support personnel's, or emergency medical technician's residence for the issuance of special number plates for t…

A failure on the part of a firefighter, advanced life support personnel, or emergency medical technician to make application to the Department of Revenue for the special number plates as provided in § 32-5-116 will result in the applicant being required to accept regular number p…

If an advanced life support personnel or emergency medical technician is discharged or retires, or a firefighter is discharged or retires with less than ten years of service, the firefighter, advanced life support personnel, or emergency medical technician must surrender the spec…

If at any time a motor vehicle subject to the special number plates issued for the firefighter, advanced life support personnel, or emergency medical technician is sold, conveyed, or otherwise transferred by the firefighter, advanced life support personnel, or emergency medical t…

All statutes of this state relating to the registration of motor vehicles; the titling and licensing of motor vehicles; the fees for registering, titling, and licensing of motor vehicles; and the retention of plates from year to year are applicable to any firefighter, advanced li…

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 plates bearing a special design identifying an Indian tribe located within the state. The special li…

A ten dollar administrative fee shall be charged for the special plates and deposited into the treasury of the designated tribe to be used for the maintenance, construction, and supervision of tribal highways and bridges. Source: SL 1991, ch 243 , § 2; SL 2007, ch 173 , § 47.

If an Indian tribe license plate is lost, mutilated, or destroyed, the owner of the registered vehicle may obtain a duplicate set of plates upon filing an affidavit showing such facts and after paying a ten dollar fee to the department. The fee shall be credited to the license pl…

The department may provide, to an owner of any fleet of fifty or more trailers, registrations and license plates for the trailers which are valid for a period of not more than seven consecutive years. Such registered trailers are exempt from the requirements of an annual registra…

All fees received by the county treasurer for mailing or expressing of the plates or stickers shall be deposited by the treasurer in the county general fund. All fees received by the department for mailing or expressing of the plates or stickers shall be deposited by the departme…

Any motor vehicle purchased by a lessor that is to be leased for more than twenty - eight days by an entity exempted in §§ 32-5-42 and 32-5-42.1 is exempt from the excise tax levied by §§ 32-5B-1 and

32-5-141. Repealed by SL 2007, ch 173 , §§ 48, 49, eff. July 1, 2008.

July 1, 2008. 32-5-142 Suspension of registration, title, or license if distress warrant issued--Credit for fee paid. 32-5-143 Definitions. 32-5-144 Disclosure of personal information contained in motor vehicle records prohibited--Exceptions. 32-5-145 Personal information to be d…

If the county treasurer has issued a distress warrant pursuant to § 10-56-24 and payment or restitution has not been made for the motor vehicle registration, title, or license, the department shall suspend such registration, title, or license. The department shall also issue a cr…

Terms used in §§ 32-5-143 to 32-5-151 , inclusive, mean: (1) "Department," the Department of Revenue; (2) "Disclose," to knowingly engage in any practice or conduct to make available and make known personal information contained in a motor vehicle record about a person to any oth…

Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the contrary, except as provided in §§ 32-5-145 to 32-5-147 , inclusive, the department and any officer, employee, agent, or contractor thereof may not disclose personal information about any person obtained by the department in…

Personal information shall be disclosed for use in connection with matters of motor vehicle or driver safety and theft, motor vehicle emissions, motor vehicle product alterations, recalls, or advisories, performance monitoring of motor vehicles and dealers by motor vehicle manufa…

Personal information may be disclosed to any person who demonstrates, in such form and manner as the department prescribes, that express consent of the person who is the subject of the information has been obtained. Source: SL 2001, ch 165 , § 4.

Personal information may be disclosed to any person by the department on proof of the identity of the person requesting the record and representation by such person that the use of the personal information will be strictly limited to the following described uses: (1) For use by a…

The department may, prior to the disclosure of personal information as permitted under §§ 32-5-144 to 32-5-147 , inclusive, require the requesting person to meet conditions for the purposes of obtaining reasonable assurance concerning the identity of such requesting person, and, …

Any authorized recipient, except a recipient of an individual record under § 32-5-148 , who resells or rediscloses personal information shall maintain for a period of at least five years records as to the information obtained and the permitted use for which it was obtained and sh…

Any person who requests disclosure of personal information from department records and who misrepresents his or her identity or knowingly makes a false statement to the department on any application required to be submitted pursuant to §§ 32-5-143 to 32-5-151 , inclusive, is guil…