2011 South Dakota Code
Title 32 MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 05. Annual Registration And License Plates
§32-5-109.3 Special plates for Congressional Medal of Honor recipients--Fees waived--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. Any resident veteran owner of a motor vehicle who has received the Congressional Medal of Honor may apply to the secretary to receive a maximum of two sets of special license plates. The special plates shall be numbered and contain a symbol to be determined by the secretary indicating that the owner has received the Congressional Medal of Honor. The symbol shall include a facsimile of the medallion portion of the Congressional Medal of Honor for the branch of the armed forces in which the recipient served at the time the award was earned. The special plates shall be displayed as set forth in § 32-5-98. The special license plate shall be reflectorized and validated each year with a sticker in the same manner as a noncommercial license plate. No license fees may be charged for the special plates and its renewal stickers, and any annual vehicle registration fees or other fees associated with the plates and renewal stickers are waived. If it is determined that the veteran owner does not qualify for the special plates, the plates shall be surrendered to the county treasurer of the applicant's residence. The treasurer shall notify the secretary who shall make the necessary changes in the registration file. The special plates may be retained by the veteran owner's family upon the veteran owner's death, but may not be displayed on the vehicle beyond the expiration of the plates or renewal stickers. Failure to surrender the special license plates as required by this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1996, ch 195; SL 2007, ch 173, § 35.