32-4-3. Check of attorney general's files and examination of application before issuing certificate of title.
Before issuing a certificate of title, as provided in chapter 32-3, the secretary of revenue shall check the motor and serial number on the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to be registered against the attorney general's files. The Department of Revenue shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity, and legality of every application for registration of a vehicle or for a certificate of title therefore and may in all cases make investigation considered necessary or require additional information. The department shall reject any such application if it is not satisfied with the regularity, legality, the truthfulness of any statement, or for any other reason if authorized by law.
Source: SDC 1939, §44.0210; SL 1965, ch 186, §8; SL 1983, ch 230, §3; SL 2004, ch 17, §46; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 04 - Theft And Misappropriation Of Vehicles
Section 32-4-1 - Duty of law officers to report stolen or recovered vehicles--Holding vehicles.
Section 32-4-4 - Unauthorized tampering with motor vehicle--Misdemeanor.
Section 32-4-8 - Certificate forms--Unauthorized possession prohibited--Violation as felony.
Section 32-4-12 - Impounding vehicle or part believed stolen--Disposition.
Section 32-4-13 - Trafficking in stolen vehicles or parts--Felony.
Section 32-4-14 - Seizure of property on arrest for trafficking--Forfeiture.
Section 32-4-15 - Disposition of forfeited property.
Section 32-4-16 - Giving false information concerning vehicle registration or titling as felony.