32-33-1. Power of local authorities to enforce laws--Arrest of violators without warrant--Impounding offending vehicles.
The county highway superintendent of each organized county shall have authority to act in the capacity of a peace officer within the boundaries of the county in which he holds office, for the purpose of enforcement of all license and loading laws and traffic regulations governing the highways of the state, and shall have authority to stop any and all vehicles as defined in §32-14-1 for the purpose of examining or measuring the form or for weighing the loads transported thereon, and may place violators of the provisions of this title under arrest without warrant for offenses committed in his presence, and take any violator of the provisions of this title and any vehicle which does not conform to any provisions of this title or of the registration or license laws, to the nearest convenient circuit or magistrate court for trial at the earliest opportunity, and the court shall impound any offending vehicle and not permit the same to be driven until it shall be made to conform to the laws relating to licensing and registration and also the provisions of this title relating to lighting, loading, and size.
Source: SDC 1939, §44.0339; SL 1973, ch 130, §§10 to 12; SL 1973, ch 137.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 33 - Apprehension And Prosecution Of Violators
Section 32-33-1.1 - Arrest or summons on probable cause at accident scene.
Section 32-33-2.1 - Weight violations excepted.
Section 32-33-3 - Right to speedy hearing.
Section 32-33-5 - Misfeasance by public officer--Removal from office.
Section 32-33-10 - Establishment of temporary roadblocks.
Section 32-33-11 - Definition of temporary roadblock.
Section 32-33-12 - Requirements for establishing temporary roadblock--Warning signals.
Section 32-33-13 - Traveling through roadblock--Misdemeanor.
Section 32-33-14 - Existing law enforcement authority unaffected.
Section 32-33-15 - Power of local authorities to enforce law pertaining to motor carriers.
Section 32-33-16 - Impounding of nonconforming vehicles--Penalties for failure to comply.
Section 32-33-17 - Failure to stop at state weighing station--Misdemeanor.
Section 32-33-18 - Failure to stop at the signal of law enforcement officer as misdemeanor.
Section 32-33-18.1 - Eluding law enforcement officer as misdemeanor--Enhanced penalties.
Section 32-33-18.2 - Aggravated eluding law enforcement officer as felony--Enhanced penalties.
Section 32-33-20 - Unknown driver fleeing from police--Vehicle subject to civil penalty.
Section 32-33-21 - Enforcement of civil penalty--Lien.
Section 32-33-22 - Exemptions from lien--Superior security interests.