South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 09 - Commercial Motor Vehicle Certificates
Section 32-9-2 - Motor carrier defined.

32-9-2. Motor carrier defined.
Except as provided in §32-9-3, the term, motor carrier, when used in this chapter means any person, copartnership, corporation, or limited liability company owning, controlling, operating, or maintaining a commercial vehicle.

Source: SDC 1939, §44.0422; SL 1943, ch 160; SL 1953, ch 238; SL 1957, ch 230; SL 1977, ch 249, §18; SL 2014, ch 139, §10.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 32 - Motor Vehicles

Chapter 09 - Commercial Motor Vehicle Certificates

Section 32-9-1 - Definitions.

Section 32-9-2 - Motor carrier defined.

Section 32-9-3 - Exceptions from definitions of motor carrier and commercial vehicle.

Section 32-9-3.1 - Fee required of harvest vehicle--Permit--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 32-9-3.2 - Mounted specialized equipment included in weight to determine license fee--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 32-9-3.3 - Infrequently used vehicle and equipment owners to file for license from department--Application form--Fee.

Section 32-9-3.5 - Fee for commercial use of motorbus--Gross maximum weight.

Section 32-9-4 - Motor carriage as affected with public interest--Unusual impairment of highway.

Section 32-9-5 - Presumption that motor carrier makes unusual use of highways.

Section 32-9-6 - Application to county treasurer--Nonresidents--Contents of application--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 32-9-7 - Issuance of receipt, commercial motor vehicle certificate, and plates--Conspicuous display--Mailing fees--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 32-9-8.1 - Fees applicable to power unit or tractor only--Interchangeable trailers--Identification plates required--Fee--New plate upon title transfer--Disposition of fees--Trailers within a municipality--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 32-9-9 - Loss or destruction of commercial plates--Duplicate plates--Fee--Disposition of fee--Report of loss.

Section 32-9-10 - Duties of department.

Section 32-9-12 - Forwarding applications to department.

Section 32-9-13 - Registration of maximum gross weight of vehicle.

Section 32-9-14 - Overweight operation prohibited--Violation a misdemeanor.

Section 32-9-15 - Schedule of commercial motor vehicle fees per gross pounds--Older vehicles.

Section 32-9-16 - Time for payment of commercial motor vehicle fee--Time for display of plate--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 32-9-16.1 - Promulgation of rules for staggered registration system.

Section 32-9-16.2 - Fees paid pursuant to chapter--Calculation.

Section 32-9-16.3 - Staggered registration of intrastate commercial vehicles.

Section 32-9-17 - Duration of commercial plates and decals--Payment for unexpired portion of year--Proration of fee.

Section 32-9-17.1 - Denial of registration or title to certain commercial motor carriers--Suspension or revocation or registration or permit--Conditions for issuance or restoration.

Section 32-9-17.2 - Denial of registration or title to motor carrier for failure to disclose information, making false statement, affiliation with ineligible person, or safety reasons--Conditions for issuance.

Section 32-9-21 - Discontinuing use of vehicle--Return of plates and certificates--Portion of fees refunded.

Section 32-9-22 - Temporary thirty-day permit to operate as commercial motor vehicle--Multiple permits allowed--Fee schedule--Proof of previous registration as noncommercial vehicle.

Section 32-9-22.1 - Temporary nonhire permits for commercial vehicles--Fee--Disposition of fees--Limit on issuance.

Section 32-9-23.1 - Alternate commercial fee by intrastate carriers--Amount of fees--Proof of registration or temporary permit--Certificate required for commercial use of certain noncommercial vehicles.

Section 32-9-23.2 - Application to pay alternative fee.

Section 32-9-23.3 - Alternative permit to be secured before movement--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 32-9-23.5 - Receipt issued on payment--Display on demand--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 32-9-41 - Persons and entities required to comply with chapter.

Section 32-9-44 - Revocation or cancellation of certificate upon violation.

Section 32-9-44.1 - Failure to surrender suspended, revoked or canceled plate or certificate as misdemeanor--Assistance by peace officers.

Section 32-9-44.2 - Revocation, cancellation or suspension of certificate upon repeated violations of § 32-5-16.7.

Section 32-9-45 - Overweight operation of vehicle--Payment of additional fee--Payment no defense.

Section 32-9-46 - Fee award as part of criminal conviction for overweight operation--Nonpayment punishable by contempt.

Section 32-9-47 - Determination that vehicle was overweight--Variation of five percent.

Section 32-9-53 - Gross weight of tow trucks and wreckers.

Section 32-9-54 - Fee for certain vehicles transporting passengers--Seating capacity--Maximum weight.

Section 32-9-57 - Transporter plates for hauling new trailers--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 32-9-57.1 - Revocation or suspension of transporter plate--Failure to surrender plate as misdemeanor.

Section 32-9-58 - Registration and permit required to move certain vehicles between job sites--Fee.

Section 32-9-59 - Use of vehicles with dealer 88 license plates--Violation as misdemeanor.