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.
All fees for a commercial vehicle apply to the power unit or tractor only. In the case of individual power units pulling interchangeable trailers or semitrailers, the commercial motor vehicle shall be licensed according to the largest gross maximum weight the power unit will haul. Each trailer or semitrailer shall have an identification plate displayed in a conspicuous manner as may be prescribed by the Department of Revenue.
The fee for the identification plate is ten dollars. The identification plate when issued is valid for the useful life of the trailer or semitrailer. However, if the title to the trailer or semitrailer is transferred the new owner shall within thirty days of the date of transfer make application to the Department of Revenue for a new identification plate. All revenue raised by the fees shall be placed in the license plate special revenue fund. A trailer licensed with an identification plate pursuant to this section may be pulled by a commercially licensed power unit or by a noncommercial power unit licensed for the gross weight of the motor vehicle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SL 1977, ch 249, §24; SL 1989, ch 255, §230; SL 1989, ch 264, §6; SL 1992, ch 215, §1; SL 2004, ch 17, §111; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 09 - Commercial Motor Vehicle Certificates
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 32-9-3.5 - 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 32-9-10 - 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 32-9-16.1 - 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 32-9-23.2 - 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 32-9-45 - Overweight operation of vehicle--Payment of additional fee--Payment no defense.
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 32-9-57 - Transporter plates for hauling new trailers--Violation 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.