32-33-18. Failure to stop at the signal of law enforcement officer as misdemeanor.
Any driver of a vehicle who intentionally fails or refuses to bring a vehicle to a stop, when given visual or audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop, is guilty of failure to stop at the signal of a law enforcement officer. The signal given by the law enforcement officer may be by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren. The officer giving the signal shall be in uniform, prominently displaying a badge of office, and the vehicle shall be appropriately marked showing it to be an official law enforcement vehicle.
Failure to stop at the signal of a law enforcement officer is a Class 2 misdemeanor. In addition, the court may order that the defendant's driver's license be revoked for up to one year, but may issue an order, upon proof of financial responsibility pursuant to §32-35-43.1, allowing the defendant to operate a vehicle for purposes of the defendant's employment, attendance at school, or counseling programs.
Source: SL 1970, ch 175, §34, §1; SL 1997, ch 195, §1; SL 2001, ch 173, §3; SL 2006, ch 171, §1.
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.