32-6C-14. Grounds for denial of license or application of provisions of §§32-6C-14.1 to 32-6C-41.6, inclusive.
The department may deny any application or apply the provisions of §§32-6C-14.1 to 32-6C-14.6, inclusive, on any license issued under the provisions of this chapter, for any of the following :
(1)Commission of fraud or willful misrepresentation in the application for or in obtaining a license;
(2)Conviction of a felony involving the theft of snowmobiles or other motor vehicles in the last five years;
(3)A violation of any law of this state which relates to dealing in snowmobiles;
(4)Failure to comply with any administrative rule promulgated by the department;
(5)Perpetration of a fraud upon any person as a result of dealing in snowmobiles;
(6)Failure to apply for transfers of title as required in chapters 32-3 and 32-20A;
(7)Failure to allow department inspections, including initial and annual inspections, complaint investigations, and necessary follow-up inspections;
(8)Misrepresentation through false, deceptive, or misleading statements with regard to the sale or financing of snowmobiles which a dealer has, or causes to have, advertised, printed, displayed, published, distributed, broadcast, televised, or made in any manner with regard to the sale or financing of snowmobiles;
(9)Refusal to comply with a licensee's responsibility under the terms of a snowmobile warranty issued by its respective manufacturer, unless such refusal is at the direction of the manufacturer;
(10)Failure to comply with the terms of any bona fide written, executed agreement pursuant to the sale of a snowmobile;
(11)Failure to disclose damage to a new snowmobile of which the dealer had knowledge if the dealer's actual cost to repair, exceeds five percent of the manufacturer's suggested retail price; or
(12)Inability to obtain or renew surety bond.
Source: SL 1990, ch 246, §4; SL 1997, ch 182, §8; SL 2005, ch 162, §17.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 06C - Regulation Of Snowmobile Dealers
Section 32-6C-1 - "Snowmobile dealer" defined.
Section 32-6C-2 - License required--Exceptions--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-6C-3 - Application required--Contents.
Section 32-6C-4.1 - Increase in dealer bond amount--Implementation.
Section 32-6C-5 - Dealer license--Fee--Renewal--Disposition of fees.
Section 32-6C-5.1 - Sale on consignment--Contract required--Form.
Section 32-6C-5.2 - Sale on consignment prohibited for snowmobile without statement of origin.
Section 32-6C-6 - Books, records, and files to be kept--Inspection.
Section 32-6C-7 - Issuance of dealer plates--Fees--Disposition of fees--Numbering of plates.
Section 32-6C-7.1 - Mailing fees.
Section 32-6C-8 - Use of dealer plates--Display--Transfer of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 32-6C-11 - Dealer inspectors.
Section 32-6C-12 - Investigation of dealers.
Section 32-6C-14.1 - Cease and desist order for specified violations--Period of effectiveness.
Section 32-6C-14.2 - Hearing on question of whether violations occurred--Procedures.
Section 32-6C-14.3 - Finality of cease and desist order.
Section 32-6C-14.5 - Hearing to contest order to pay fine or suspend or revoke license--Procedures.
Section 32-6C-14.6 - Finality of order to pay fine or suspend or revoke license.
Section 32-6C-17 - Adoption of rules--Administration by local officials.