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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 32 MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 22. Weight, Size And Load Restrictions
§32-22-48 Damages for crossing bridge with overweight vehicle--Misdemeanor.
SD Codified L § 32-22-48 (through 2011) What's This?
32-22-48. Damages for crossing bridge with overweight vehicle--Misdemeanor. Any person who drives or operates, or causes to be driven or operated, any vehicle, laden or unladen, upon, over or across any bridge which has been posted in accordance with § 32-22-47 and which exceeds in weight the maximum weight in pounds, as provided in § 32-22-47, is liable for damages to the proper county, township, or the State of South Dakota, to be recovered in a civil action by such county, township, or the State of South Dakota, as the case may be, for any injury or damage sustained by such bridge by reason thereof. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1949, ch 175, §§ 3, 4; SDC Supp 1960, §§ 28.1424, 28.9920; SL 1976, ch 197, § 2; SL 1978, ch 158, § 47; SL 1983, ch 241, § 7.
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