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2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 32 - MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares
- § 32-17-1 Headlamps required--Exceptions--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-2 Repealed.
- § 32-17-3 Repealed.
- § 32-17-4 Periods during which lamps must be lighted--Violation as misdemeanor.
- § 32-17-4.1 Circumstances exempting law enforcement officers from use of motorvehicle lights.
- § 32-17-5 Construction and adjustment of headlamps--Visibility distance--Fourheadlight system--High beam indicator--Violation as misdemeanor.
- § 32-17-6 Requirements respecting adjustment of headlamps--Violation asmisdemeanor.
- § 32-17-7 Circumstances under which headlamps must be dimmed--Violation asmisdemeanor.
- § 32-17-8 Rear lamps required--Visibility--Combination of vehicles--Height ofmounting--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-8.1 Stop lamps required--Previously manufactured vehicles--Mounting--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-9 Red lights on front of vehicle prohibited--Excepted vehicles--Misdemeanor.
- § 32-17-10 Tow truck or wrecker defined--Use of amber flashers--Violation asmisdemeanor.
- § 32-17-11 Registration plate illumination--Requirements respecting on-off switch--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-12 Rear reflector required--Mounting and construction of rear reflector--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-13 Mounting of reflectors--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-14 Vehicles requiring clearance lamps--Location and visibility of clearancelamps--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-15 Vehicles requiring identification lamps--Mounting and spacing ofidentification lamps--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-15.1 Silage or seasonal farm trucks exempt--Gross weight--Restrictions on use.
- § 32-17-15.2 Fertilizer and agricultural chemical trailers exempt--Rear reflector required.
- § 32-17-16 Vehicles transporting passengers for compensation as requiring clearanceand identification lamps--Buses excepted--Times during which lamps mustbe lighted--Violation as misdemeanor.
- § 32-17-17 Auxiliary driving lamps--Mounting--Lighting restricted.
- § 32-17-18 Turn light requirements--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-19 Spot lamps--Aiming and adjustment--Violation as misdemeanor.
- § 32-17-20 Adjustment of other lamps--Violation as misdemeanor.
- § 32-17-21 Fire vehicles exempt when equipped with other approved devices.
- § 32-17-22 United States mail vehicles--Warning lights--Color--Mounting and location--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-23 Special lights for vehicles operated by persons with disabilities--Violationas petty offense.
- § 32-17-24 Headlamps on motorcycles--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-24.1 Headlamps on mopeds--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-25 Bicycle lamps--Visibility and color--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-26 Lights on other vehicles--Color and visibility--Violation as petty offense.
- § 32-17-27 Lights on parked vehicles--Color and visibility--Vehicles parked withinmunicipality--Violation as misdemeanor.
- § 32-17-27.1 Repealed.
- § 32-17-28 Vehicles required to be equipped with portable flares, lights or reflectors--Visibility--Violation as misdemeanor.
- § 32-17-29 Time during which flares must be displayed--Location and spacing of flares--Removal of vehicle--Violation as misdemeanor--Exceptions.
- § 32-17-30 Subsequent violations of flare requirements--Revocation of license.
- § 32-17-31 to 32-17-41. Repealed.
- § 32-17-42 Blue lights or strobe lights on firemen's vehicles--Authorization forinstallation--Restrictions on use--Violation as misdemeanor.
- § 32-17-43 Exemption of towed highway maintenance vehicles.
- § 32-17-44 Command post vehicle to be equipped with green light.
- § 32-17-45 Red and blue lights authorized for law enforcement officers.
- § 32-17-46 Warning light on certain slow-moving vehicles during darkness--Violationas misdemeanor.
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