32-17-11. Registration plate illumination--Requirements respecting on-off switch--Violation as petty offense.
Either the rear lamps required by §32-17-8 or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. If the rear registration plate is illuminated by an electric lamp other than the required rear lamps, the lamps shall be turned on or off only by the same control switch at all times whenever headlamps are lighted. A violation of this section is a petty offense.
Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (5); SL 1989, ch 255, §45.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares
Section 32-17-1 - Headlamps required--Exceptions--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-4 - Periods during which lamps must be lighted--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-6 - Requirements respecting adjustment of headlamps--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-7 - Circumstances under which headlamps must be dimmed--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-8.1 - Stop lamps required--Mounting--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-9 - Red lights on front of vehicle prohibited--Excepted vehicles--Misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-10 - Tow truck or wrecker defined--Amber or blue flashers--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-13 - Mounting of reflectors--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-15.1 - Silage or seasonal farm trucks exempt--Gross weight--Restrictions on use.
Section 32-17-15.2 - Fertilizer and agricultural chemical trailers exempt--Rear reflector required.
Section 32-17-17 - Auxiliary driving lamps--Mounting--Lighting restricted.
Section 32-17-18 - Turn light requirements--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-19 - Spot lamps--Aiming and adjustment--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-20 - Adjustment of other lamps--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-17-21 - Fire vehicles exempt when equipped with other approved devices.
Section 32-17-24 - Headlamps on motorcycles--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-24.1 - Headlamps on mopeds--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-25 - Bicycle lamps--Visibility and color--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-26 - Lights on other vehicles--Color and visibility--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-17-30 - Subsequent violations of flare requirements--Revocation of license.
Section 32-17-43 - Exemption of towed highway maintenance vehicles.
Section 32-17-44 - Command post vehicle to be equipped with green light.
Section 32-17-45 - Red and blue lights authorized for law enforcement officers.