2018 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 50 - AVIATION
Chapter 11 - Registration And Licensing Of Aircraft And Pilots
§ 50-11-9 Application for registration of aircraft--Failure to register as misdemeanor--False statement as felony.
50-11-9. Application for registration of aircraft--Failure to register as misdemeanor--False statement as felony. The owner or lessee of an aircraft to be operated within this state shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, file with the department on a form furnished by the department, an application for registration of the aircraft. A person who fails to register an aircraft within thirty days after it is operated in this state is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. A person who knowingly makes a false statement of a material fact in the application is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
Source: SDC 1939, § 2.0402 as enacted by SL 1949, ch 4, § 2; SL 1966, ch 1, § 1; SL 1983, ch 15, § 191; SL 1985, ch 379, § 1; SL 1993, ch 348, § 8; SL 2010, ch 227, § 72; SL 2014, ch 222, § 85; SL 2014, ch 223, § 1.