32-30-18. Lien for costs of removal and storage of vehicle--Limit--Exception.
The sheriff, law enforcement officer, or removal agency taking custody of any vehicle under the provisions of §§32-30-12 to 32-30-15, inclusive, 32-30-19, and 32-36-4 has a possessory lien on the vehicle and the contents of the vehicle for the reasonable costs in taking custody and storing of the vehicle. No lien on the contents of the vehicle may exceed five hundred dollars. No possessory lien attaches to the tools and implements which a person uses and keeps for the purpose of carrying on his or her trade or business or to any clothing or food.
Source: SL 1967, ch 211, §6; SL 1970, ch 180, §1; SL 1989, ch 275; SL 1998, ch 195, §2; SL 2001, ch 180, §1; SL 2007, ch 185, §1; SL 2018, ch 196, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 30 - Stopping And Parking Restrictions
Section 32-30-1 - Stopping or parking on rural highway prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-30-2.1 - Position of parking on two-way road--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-30-2.2 - Position of parking on one-way road--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-30-2.5 - Opening of doors on traffic side of stopped vehicle--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-30-3 - Removal of vehicles improperly parked or standing.
Section 32-30-3.2 - Removal agency failing to report removal not entitled to fees.
Section 32-30-5 - Safeguarding of unattended vehicle--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-30-6.1 - Places where stopping prohibited--Violation as petty offense.
Section 32-30-9 - Display of license required.
Section 32-30-11 - Unauthorized use of disabled veteran's license as misdemeanor--Fine.
Section 32-30-11.3 - Use of privileges by persons not entitled to them as misdemeanor--Fines.
Section 32-30-11.4 - Unauthorized parking or stopping in designated space as misdemeanor--Fine.
Section 32-30-11.6 - Municipal designation of parking spaces for persons with disabilities.
Section 32-30-12 - Abandoned vehicles--Vehicles unattended for more than twenty-four hours.
Section 32-30-12.1 - Modification by municipal ordinance of abandoned vehicle provisions.
Section 32-30-13 - Removal of abandoned vehicles.
Section 32-30-14 - Vehicles blocking traffic--Wrecked vehicles.
Section 32-30-18 - Lien for costs of removal and storage of vehicle--Limit--Exception.
Section 32-30-19 - Police to move vehicle to place of safety--When required.
Section 32-30-20 - Unsafe backing prohibited--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-30-21 - Backing prohibited on controlled-access highway--Violation as misdemeanor.