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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 32 MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 05. Annual Registration And License Plates
- §32-5-1 Motor vehicle defined.
- §32-5-1.1 Repealed.
- §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 prohibited.
- §32-5-2.1 Staggered registration of noncommercial vehicles--Snowmobiles excepted.
- §32-5-2.2 Determination of month to register vehicle.
- §32-5-2.3 Repealed.
- §32-5-2.4 Renewal of registration during assigned month--Expiration of staggered license plates or validation stickers--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-2.5 Registration of acquired motor vehicle--Application.
- §32-5-2.6 Early renewal--Fee for late renewal.
- §32-5-2.7 Removal of number plates required upon transfer or assignment of vehicle ownership--Credit for unexpired months--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-2.8 Repealed.
- §32-5-2.9 Seller's permit for sold or transferred vehicle--Time for registration--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-2.10 Seller's report of sale--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-2.11 Fee for reassignment of license plate.
- §32-5-3 Information respecting owner of vehicle.
- §32-5-4 Repealed.
- §32-5-4.1 Nonresident registration application--Issuance of nonnegotiable interstate title--Purpose and duration--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-4.2 Forwarding of nonnegotiable interstate title to department with application.
- §32-5-4.3 Repealed.
- §32-5-5 Vehicle license fee based on weight--Certification of correct weight.
- §32-5-6 Schedule of fees for noncommercial automobiles, pickup trucks, and vans.
- §32-5-6.1 Schedule of fees for noncommercial motor homes.
- §32-5-6.2 Repealed.
- §32-5-6.3 Schedule of fees for noncommercial vehicles other than automobiles, pickup trucks, or vans--Misdemeanor.
- §32-5-6.4 Registration of certain noncommercial motor vehicles for less than twelve months--Fee.
- §32-5-7 Repealed.
- §32-5-8 Schedule of fees for recreational vehicles and noncommercial trailers and semitrailers.
- §32-5-8.1 Identification plate required for certain trailers or semitrailers--Display--Fee--Transfer of title.
- §32-5-8.2 Trailers or semitrailers with identification plates may only be pulled by certain motor vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-8.3 Temporary permit for certain noncommercial motor vehicles to pull identified trailer or semitrailer.
- §32-5-8.4 Additional fee when weight exceeds license.
- §32-5-9 Schedule of fees for motorcycles.
- §32-5-9.1 Fees for snowmobiles--Period of license--Payment.
- §32-5-9.2 Disposition of snowmobile fees and initial registration tax.
- §32-5-9.3 Initial registration tax on snowmobiles--Failure to pay as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-10 Repealed.
- §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, 32-5-10.5. Repealed.
- §32-5-11 to 32-5-16. Repealed.
- §32-5-16.1 Mobile home or manufactured home license fee--Establishment of purchase price by bill of sale or retail book value--Fee in lieu of certain taxes--Exemption for certain entities.
- §32-5-16.2 Division of receipts from mobile home or manufactured home license fees.
- §32-5-16.3 Permit required to move mobile home or manufactured home--Valid for single trip--Conditional on tax payment--Fee--Disposition of fees--Dealer--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-16.4, 32-5-16.5. Repealed.
- §32-5-16.6 Penalties for owner's or lender's failure to obtain tax affidavit--Notification to department.
- §32-5-16.7 Penalties for transporter's, manufacturer's, or dealer's failure to obtain tax affidavit--Notification to department.
- §32-5-16.8 Single party not to be assessed multiple penalties.
- §32-5-16.9 Assessment based upon mistake of fact or error of law--Hearing--Appeal.
- §32-5-17, 32-5-18. Repealed.
- §32-5-18.1 Licensing and compensation requirements applicable to highway construction or reconstruction--Special permits not required while engaged in construction.
- §32-5-19, 32-5-20. Repealed.
- §32-5-21 Motorbus defined--Noncommercial fee--Gross maximum weight.
- §32-5-22 Unregistered motor vehicles.
- §32-5-23 Destruction of licensed vehicle or failure of vehicle to pass inspection--Removal of plates--Credit--Replacement of plates.
- §32-5-24 Refund of overpayments authorized--Fund available for payment--Time limit for application.
- §32-5-25 Dealer's license fee.
- §32-5-26 Repealed.
- §32-5-27 Tax, title, and license--Used car dealers--Sale of unlicensed vehicle--Time limitation--Exemption from excise tax--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-27.1 Repealed.
- §32-5-28 Repealed.
- §32-5-29 Sales of vehicles prima facie evidence that seller is used car dealer--Particular parties excepted--Violations--Misdemeanor.
- §32-5-30 Fee for noncommercial vehicles more than ten years old.
- §32-5-31 Repealed.
- §32-5-31.1 Transferred.
- §32-5-31.2, 32-5-32. Repealed.
- §32-5-32.1 Transferred.
- §32-5-33 Repealed.
- §32-5-34 Repealed.
- §32-5-35 Transferred.
- §32-5-36 Transferred.
- §32-5-37 to 32-5-41.5. Repealed.
- §32-5-42 Vehicles owned by public agencies, Indian tribes or churches--Application for registration--Number plates--Costs--Disposition of costs--New registration required on business use.
- §32-5-42.1 Nonprofit community support provider vehicles--Registration--Plates--Disposition of costs.
- §32-5-43 Identifying markings of state-owned vehicles--Exceptions--License plates.
- §32-5-44 Plates without yearly designation--Distinctive color--Yearly renewal dispensed with.
- §32-5-45 Exemption of mobile homes purchased outside state.
- §32-5-46 Vehicles owned by nonresidents--Compliance with laws of foreign state--Display of foreign license plates.
- §32-5-47 Definition of nonresident.
- §32-5-47.1 Military personnel, domestic volunteers, and dependents as nonresidents.
- §32-5-48 Reciprocity required.
- §32-5-49 Repealed.
- §32-5-49.1 Registration not required for nonresident harvest vehicles during harvest season--Compensation certificate required--Violation a misdemeanor.
- §32-5-50 Dealers participating in driver education program--Application to department--Fee--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-51 License plate design--Operation on highways.
- §32-5-52 Radius of use of vehicle--Size of first or second class municipality--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-53 Superseded.
- §32-5-54 Repealed.
- §32-5-55 Special plates for vehicles owned by members of National Guard.
- §32-5-55.1 Retired members of national guard--Distinctive plates.
- §32-5-56 Fee for special plates.
- §32-5-56.1 Period of retention of national guard plates.
- §32-5-57, 32-5-58. Repealed.
- §32-5-59 Application for issuance of special plates.
- §32-5-60 Repealed.
- §32-5-61 Failure to apply for distinctive plates.
- §32-5-62 Discharge from National Guard--Surrender of special plates--Obtaining regular plates.
- §32-5-63 Sale or transfer of vehicle with special plates--Notification of county treasurer--Transfer of special plates.
- §32-5-64 Other statutes applicable to national guard registration.
- §32-5-65 Special plates for employees of commercial radio or broadcasting companies--Fee--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-65.1 Special plates for amateur radio licensees--Fee--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-66 Repealed.
- §32-5-67 Disposition of fees for special plates--Expenditure.
- §32-5-68 to 32-5-74. Repealed.
- §32-5-75 Repealed.
- §32-5-76 Special plates for persons with substantial physical disabilities--Secretary to define term--Design of plates--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-76.1 Portable certificates for persons with substantial disabilities--Application-- Physician's certificate--Rules--Surrender of certificate--Violations as misdemeanors.
- §32-5-76.2 Portable certificates for nonprofit organizations, hospitals, local government entities, etc.--Application--Rules--Surrendering certificate--Violations as misdemeanors.
- §32-5-76.3 Special plates for nursing facilities transporting persons with disabilities--Parking--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-77 Special license for historical cars--Application and fee--Plates as permanent--Use of vehicle restricted--Disposition of fee.
- §32-5-77.1 Repealed.
- §32-5-77.2 Displaying original number plates on historical cars.
- §32-5-77.3 Historical motorcycle license plates--Application and fee--Permanence--Use of vehicle restricted.
- §32-5-78 General license fees in lieu of other taxes against vehicle.
- §32-5-79 Repealed.
- §32-5-80 Registration of motorcycles.
- §32-5-81 Application to county treasurer--Issuance of distinctive number plate--Fuel used by vehicle--Failure to identify fuel as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-82 Delivery or mailing of plates or stickers--Fees.
- §32-5-82.1 Number stickers--Evidence of current registration.
- §32-5-83 Design of number plates--Color contrast.
- §32-5-83.1 Color of number stickers--Contrast with plates.
- §32-5-84 Composition of number plates--Size of figures--Snowmobile tags.
- §32-5-84.1 Composition of stickers.
- §32-5-84.2 Snowmobile license must be attached.
- §32-5-85 Number of plates issued.
- §32-5-86 Reflectorized plates--Determination by department--Elimination of bids deemed not feasible.
- §32-5-87 Repealed.
- §32-5-88 Mount Rushmore design--Costs and feasibility.
- §32-5-89 Determination of characteristics of plate--Dealers' plates.
- §32-5-89.1 Omitted.
- §32-5-89.2 Special personalized license plates as replacement for regular plates--Number of letters--Duplications prohibited--Offensive letter combinations.
- §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 transfer approved by secretary--Violation as petty offense.
- §32-5-89.5 Replacement of lost, mutilated, or destroyed personalized plates--Affidavit--Fee--Disposition of fee.
- §32-5-89.6 Repealed.
- §32-5-90 Registration--Contents--Owner's signature--Registration number.
- §32-5-90.1 Certified abstract of registration information--Fee.
- §32-5-90.2 Repealed.
- §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 facilitate retrieval.
- §32-5-95 Repealed.
- §32-5-96 Repealed.
- §32-5-97 Separate numbering of different types of vehicles.
- §32-5-97.1 Farm trucks--Decal attached to license plate.
- §32-5-97.2 Repealed.
- §32-5-98 Operation without distinctive number prohibited--Conspicuous display--Removal of unauthorized numbers--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-99 Loss of plates--Issuance of duplicates--Affidavit--Fee--Disposition of fee--Report of loss.
- §32-5-99.1 Repealed.
- §32-5-99.2 Repealed.
- §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--Counterfeiting--Alteration--Misdemeanor.
- §32-5-104 Repealed.
- §32-5-105 Repealed.
- §32-5-106 Municipal licensing or taxing of vehicles.
- §32-5-107 Temporary permit for person in possession of title or bill of sale--Inspection of title or bill of sale--Fee.
- §32-5-108 Special plates for certain disabled veterans--Design of plates--Fees--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-109 Special plates for prisoners of war--Fees--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-109.1 Special plates for Pearl Harbor survivors--Application--Fees--Design--Surrender of distinctive plates.
- §32-5-109.2 Special plates for Purple Heart recipients--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-109.3 Special plates for Congressional Medal of Honor recipients--Fees waived--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-109.4 Special plates for honorably discharged veterans--Fees--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-109.5 Special plates for family of member of armed forces who died while in service or as a result of service--Fees--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-110 Commemorative or souvenir license plates--Use for general transportation purposes.
- §32-5-111 Promulgation of rules--Duty of local officials.
- §32-5-112 Duties of county treasurers.
- §32-5-113 Special plates for firefighters--Design of plates.
- §32-5-114 Fee for special firefighter plates.
- §32-5-115 Time for retention of firefighter's plates.
- §32-5-116 Application to Department of Revenue for special firefighter plates.
- §32-5-117 Repealed.
- §32-5-118 Application to county treasurer for special firefighter plates--Fee.
- §32-5-119 Failure to apply for firefighters plates.
- §32-5-120 Surrender of special firefighter plates upon discharge, separation, or retirement.
- §32-5-121 Transfer of special firefighter plates.
- §32-5-122 Applicability of state motor vehicle laws to firefighters.
- §32-5-123 Special plates identifying Indian tribes.
- §32-5-124 Fee for Indian tribe license plates.
- §32-5-125 Replacement of Indian tribe license plates.
- §32-5-126 Certain trailers authorized to be licensed for more than one year--Fee.
- §32-5-127 Additional charges for decals and plates mailed to owner.
- §32-5-128 Exemption from excise tax for motor vehicles leased to tax exempt entities.
- §32-5-129 Licensed agents authorized to register motor vehicles.
- §32-5-130 Procedure for licensing agents.
- §32-5-131 Contract for services of licensed agent.
- §32-5-132 Licensed agents to serve specified counties.
- §32-5-133 Fiscal responsibilities of licensed agents.
- §32-5-134 Submission of motor vehicle license revenues.
- §32-5-135 Submission of revenue from county wheel tax and excise tax.
- §32-5-136 Special plates on noncommercial vehicles allowing for placement of organization decal--Fees.
- §32-5-137 Qualifications for organization seeking decal.
- §32-5-138 Information required of organization applying for organization decal.
- §32-5-139 Department to furnish or authorize decals--Reimbursement--Fee--Organization to establish criteria and issue decals--Unauthorized decals prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-139.1 Specialty license plates that allow for placement of first responder decals authorized--Fees.
- §32-5-139.2 First responder organization to meet certain requirements for decal approval.
- §32-5-139.3 First responder decals to be furnished by department--Reimbursement of costs and fee--Issuance of decals by organization--Misuse or unauthorized use as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-140 Temporary permit for vehicle bearing specialty license plates with organization or first responder decal--Duration and fee--Misuse or failure to purchase as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-141 Repealed.
- §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 disclosed for certain purposes.
- §32-5-146 Disclosure to one who has subject's consent.
- §32-5-147 Disclosure on proof of identity of requestor and representation of use for certain limited purposes.
- §32-5-148 Department may impose conditions on requesting person.
- §32-5-149 Retention of records by certain recipients.
- §32-5-150 Misrepresentation by requesting person as misdemeanor--Use of personal information to commit crime of violence as felony.
- §32-5-151 Person in possession of title or certificate authorized to renew registration--Misrepresentation as misdemeanor.
- §32-5-152 Low-speed vehicles.
- §32-5-153 Highway patrol fee.
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