2023 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 32 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 20 - Motorcycle Regulation
Section 32-20-17 - Definitions.
32-20-17 . Definitions.
Terms used in §§32-20-17 through 32-20-20 mean:
(1) "Off-road vehicle activity," includes:
(a) An off-road vehicle show, competition, performance, parade, hunt, recreational ride, or trail ride;
(b) Off-road vehicle training or teaching activities, or both;
(c) Riding, inspecting, or evaluating an off-road vehicle belonging to another person, whether the owner has received monetary consideration or anything of value for the use of the off-road vehicle or is permitting a prospective purchaser of the off-road vehicle to ride, inspect, or evaluate the off-road vehicle; or
(d) A ride, trip, hunt, or other off-road vehicle activity, however informal or impromptu, that is sponsored by an off-road vehicle activity sponsor;
(2) "Off-road vehicle activity sponsor," includes the following:
(a) An individual, group, club, partnership, or corporation, whether operating for-profit or not-for-profit, that sponsors, organizes, or provides the facilities for an off-road vehicle activity including a club, riding club, hunt club, park, or a school or college-sponsored class, program, or activity;
(b) An operator, instructor, or promoter of an off-road vehicle facility, including any commercial off-road park charging fees to the public or offering private memberships to use the park's trail system and related amenities for off- road vehicle uses, trail system, clubhouse, or arena where the activity is held; or
(c) A landowner who has given permission for the use of the landowner's land in an off-road activity either by easement or other means;
(3) "Off-road vehicle professional," any person who, for compensation, instructs the participant or rents an off-road vehicle to the participant for the purpose of driving or being a passenger on the off-road vehicle, or who rents equipment to a participant;
(4) "Participant," any person, amateur or professional, who engages in off-road vehicle activity, whether or not a fee is paid to participate in the off-road vehicle activity.
Source: SL 2020, ch 120, § 1.
