32-12-42 — Expiration of license or permit--Period for renewal--Application and fee--Waiver of tests for renewal on application and payment of fee within 30days following expiration.
32-12-42.
Expiration of license or permit--Period for renewal--Application and fee--Waiver
of tests for renewal on application and payment of fee within 30 days following expiration.
Each
operator's license, motorcycle operator's license, restricted minor's permit, or motorcycle restricted
minor's permit expires on the licensee's birthday in the fifth year following the issuance of the
license, or on the same date as the expiration date on the valid documents authorizing the applicant's
presence in the United States in accordance with § 32-12-3.1, whichever occurs first. Each operator's
license, motorcycle operator's license, restricted minor's permit, or motorcycle restricted minor's
permit is renewable one hundred eighty days before its expiration upon application and payment of
the required fee. Any license renewed before its expiration expires five years after the licensee's
ensuing birthday, or on the same date as the expiration date on the valid documents authorizing the
applicant's presence in the United States in accordance with § 32-12-3.1, whichever occurs first.
However, the department shall waive the knowledge and driving tests for renewal, if the licensee
applies and makes payment of the required fee within thirty days following the expiration date. If
the licensee applies and makes payment of the required fee thirty-one or more days after the
expiration date of the license, the licensee shall take the knowledge test as required by § 32-12-4.
Any license renewed during the thirty-day period following the date of expiration expires five years
from the licensee's previous birthday, or on the same date as the expiration date on the valid
documents authorizing the applicant's presence in the United States in accordance with § 32-12-3.1,
whichever occurs first.
Source: SL 1959, ch 261, § 14; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.03B14; SL 1961, ch 233; SL 1964, ch 128,
§ 4; SL 1973, ch 203; SL 1976, ch 192; SL 1977, ch 256, § 2; SL 1979, ch 217; SL 1988, ch 253;
SL 1994, ch 252, § 2; SL 1995, ch 178, § 1; SL 1997, ch 188, § 2; SL 2001, ch 171, § 37.