32-22-3. Maximum width of vehicle and load--Violation as misdemeanor--Farm machinery and recreation vehicle exceptions.
Except for self-propelled or towed farm machinery operated pursuant to §32-22-3.2 or a recreation vehicle, no motor vehicle may operate upon a public highway if the width, measured at the widest points, either of the vehicle or the load, exceeds one hundred two inches, excluding any required safety equipment. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. The farm machinery exception provided by this section does not apply to farm machinery being transported or delivered by an equipment dealer or manufacturer. The recreation vehicle exception provided by this section applies to excess width which is attributable to an appurtenance, excluding required safety equipment, which does not exceed six inches beyond either sidewall of the vehicle. For the purposes of this section, an appurtenance is an integral part of a vehicle and includes awnings, grab handles, lighting equipment, cameras, and vents. No appurtenance may be used as a load carrying device.
Source: SDC 1939, §44.0336 (1); SL 1947, ch 192; SL 1953, ch 233; SL 1961, ch 227; SL 1978, ch 235; SL 1979, ch 226, §1; SL 1983, ch 246, §1; SL 1983, ch 335, §17; SL 1984, ch 230, §3; SL 1991, ch 258, §2; SL 2005, ch 169, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 22 - Weight Size And Load Restrictions
Section 32-22-2 - Movement of load or wide farm machinery during darkness as misdemeanor.
Section 32-22-5 - Maximum length of vehicle--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-22-6 - Flagging or lighting extended loads--Violations as misdemeanors.
Section 32-22-8.2 - Local regulation restricted--Access permits.
Section 32-22-8.3 - Issuance of trip permits unaffected.
Section 32-22-8.4 - Length limitations on stinger-steered automobile transports.
Section 32-22-9 - Combination of vehicles of more than two units--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-22-10 - Requirements for combination vehicles.
Section 32-22-12.1 - Certain combination exempt--Specifications--Violation as misdemeanor--Rules.
Section 32-22-14 - Maximum height of vehicles--Exceptions--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-22-14.1 - Exemption of vehicles used to transport farm commodities or implements.
Section 32-22-16 - Maximum weight of vehicle or combination of vehicles--Axles--Misdemeanor.
Section 32-22-16.1 - Formula for weight on group of consecutive axles.
Section 32-22-19 - Combination vehicles deemed single for weight purposes.
Section 32-22-21.1 - Single trip permits to move to scale site.
Section 32-22-21.2 - Highways to which maximum weight limit applies.
Section 32-22-22 - Tire width defined.
Section 32-22-28 - Metal wheeled vehicles--Maximum weight--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-22-29 - Track vehicles excepted.
Section 32-22-30.1 - Construction vehicles and equipment--Operation on highway projects.
Section 32-22-39 - Books of single trip permits--Payment of fee--Designation of routes.
Section 32-22-40 - Annual or single trip permits by local subdivisions.
Section 32-22-41 - Oversize permits--Duration--Rules.
Section 32-22-42 - Rules governing issuance of overweight and oversize permits--Fees.
Section 32-22-42.3 - Livestock hauler exemption.
Section 32-22-42.12 - Certain vehicles hauling from point of harvest--Exemption.
Section 32-22-42.13 - Single trip permit.
Section 32-22-42.15 - Last trailer marked long load.
Section 32-22-43 - Liability for damages not affected by issuance of permit.
Section 32-22-46 - Emergency movement of national defense vehicles.
Section 32-22-47 - Maximum vehicle weight on bridges--Required and permissible signs--Exception.
Section 32-22-48 - Damages for crossing bridge with overweight vehicle--Misdemeanor.
Section 32-22-49 - Person and vehicle defined.
Section 32-22-50 - Authority to weigh vehicle--Requiring vehicle to be driven to scales.
Section 32-22-51 - Removal of overweight portion of load--Risk of loss of unloaded cargo.
Section 32-22-52 - Operation of oversize or overweight vehicle as misdemeanor.
Section 32-22-55 - Schedule of penalties for operation of overweight vehicle.
Section 32-22-57 - Lift axle control requirements--Permits--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-22-57.2 - Specification of size and load carrying capacity of variable load axles.
Section 32-22-59 - Restrictions on size, weight or class.
Section 32-22-60 - Size and load restrictions--Notice--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-22-62 - Exemption of tow trucks or wreckers under certain conditions.