2010 South Dakota Code
Title 50 - AVIATION
Chapter 11 - Registration And Licensing Of Aircraft And Pilots
Section 50-11-7 - Proof of certification or noncertification.

50-11-7. Proof of certification or noncertification. In any criminal prosecution under any of the provisions of this title, a defendant who relies for justification upon a certificate of any kind has the burden of proving that the defendant is properly certificated, or is the possessor of a proper certificate, as the case may be, and the fact of nonissuance of a certificate may be evidenced by a certificate signed by the official having power of issuance, under seal of office, stating that the official has made diligent search of the records and that, from the records, it appears that no certificate was issued up to the date of the making of the certificate.

Source: SDC 1939, § 2.0104; SL 1993, ch 348, § 6; SL 2010, ch 227, § 71.