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2006 South Dakota Code - 32-10-1 — Definitions.
32-10-1. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter mean:
(1) "Administrator," the secretary of
revenue and regulation ;
(2) "Commercial vehicle," any vehicle
which is operated in interstate commerce in furtherance of any
commercial enterprise;
(3) "Department," the Department of
Revenue and Regulation ;
(4) "Interstate commerce," the movement of
a vehicle between jurisdictions but does not include the movement
of any vehicle which transports or is being used to transport
persons or property, the transportation of which originates in one
jurisdiction and passes into or through another jurisdiction or
jurisdictions, for delivery in the jurisdiction in which the
transportation originated;
(5) "Jurisdiction," a state, district,
territory, or possession of the United States, a foreign country,
and a state or province of a foreign country;
(6) "Motor vehicle," shall have the
meaning ascribed to it by § 32-9-1;
(7) "Owner," as defined in subdivision
32-3-1(16), except that for the purposes of proportional
registration of vehicles as authorized and provided in
§§ 32-10-10 and 32- 10-15 to 32-10-28, inclusive,
"owner" means a person who holds a legal title of a vehicle, or in
the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the
conditional sale thereof with the right of purchase upon
performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an
immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee, or
in the event while a vehicle is subject to a lease with an
immediate right of possession vested in the lessee, or in the event
a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such
conditional vendee, lessee or mortgagee is considered to be the
owner;
(8) "Person" shall have the meaning
ascribed to it by § 32-9-1;
(9) "Preceding year," a period of twelve
consecutive months fixed by the administrator which period shall be
within the sixteen months immediately preceding the commencement of
the registration or license year for which proportional
registration is sought; and the administrator in fixing such period
shall make it conform to the terms, conditions, and requirements of
any applicable agreement or arrangement for the proportional
registration of vehicles;
(10) "Properly registered," as applied to
place of registration:
(a) The jurisdiction where the person
registering the vehicle has his legal residence; or
(b) In the case of a commercial vehicle,
the jurisdiction in which it is registered if the commercial
enterprise in which such vehicle is used has a place of business
therein, and, if the vehicle is most frequently dispatched,
garaged, serviced, maintained, operated, or otherwise controlled in
or from such place of business, and, the owner has assigned the
vehicle to such place of business; or
(c) In the case of a commercial vehicle,
the jurisdiction where, because of an agreement or arrangement
between two or more jurisdictions, or pursuant to a declaration,
the vehicle has been registered as required by said
jurisdiction.
In case of doubt or dispute as to the proper place of registration
of a vehicle, the administrator shall make final determination, but
in making such determination, may confer with administrators of the
other states or jurisdictions affected;
(11) "Vehicle" shall have the meaning
ascribed to it by § 32-9-1.
Source: SL 1961, ch 237, § 2; SL 1988, ch 251, § 11; SL 2004, ch 17, § 120.
Source: SL 1961, ch 237, § 2; SL 1988, ch 251, § 11; SL 2004, ch 17, § 120.
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