South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 11 - Registration And Licensing Of Aircraft And Pilots
Section 50-11-9 - Application for registration of aircraft--Failure to register as misdemeanor--False statement as felony.

50-11-9. Application for registration of aircraft--Failure to register as misdemeanor--False statement as felony.
The owner or lessee of an aircraft to be operated within this state shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, file with the department on a form furnished by the department, an application for registration of the aircraft. A person who fails to register an aircraft within thirty days after it is operated in this state is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. A person who knowingly makes a false statement of a material fact in the application is guilty of a Class 5 felony. This section does not apply to any sUAS.

Source: SDC 1939, §2.0402 as enacted by SL 1949, ch 4, §2; SL 1966, ch 1, §1; SL 1983, ch 15, §191; SL 1985, ch 379, §1; SL 1993, ch 348, §8; SL 2010, ch 227, §72; SL 2014, ch 222, §85; SL 2014, ch 223, §1; SL 2019, ch 203, §32.

<< Previous
Next >>

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 50 - Aviation

Chapter 11 - Registration And Licensing Of Aircraft And Pilots

Section 50-11-5 - Posting of aircraft registration certificate--Decal--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 50-11-9 - Application for registration of aircraft--Failure to register as misdemeanor--False statement as felony.

Section 50-11-11 - Expiration of registration.

Section 50-11-12 - Schedule of registration fees--Nonpayment as misdemeanor.

Section 50-11-14 - Fees--Aircraft more than ten years old.

Section 50-11-15 - Fees--Part-year registration.

Section 50-11-16 - Payment of delinquent fees and taxes prerequisite to registration.

Section 50-11-17 - Fees--Minimum registration fee.

Section 50-11-19 - Additional tax for original registration--Nonpayment as misdemeanor--Civil penalty.

Section 50-11-19.1 - Purchase price defined.

Section 50-11-19.2 - Rate of additional tax on sale of aircraft held under use stamp or dealer certificate or conversion to dealer's own use.

Section 50-11-19.3 - Registration tax credit for sales and use taxes paid on homebuilt aircraft--Proof of eligibility.

Section 50-11-19.4 - Transfer of amount of credit to aeronautics fund.

Section 50-11-20 - Aircraft to which additional tax applies--Exceptions and exemptions.

Section 50-11-21 - Promulgation of rules--Additional registration tax--Aeronautics fund.

Section 50-11-21.1 - Jeopardy assessment of additional tax--Lien--Distress warrant--Bond.

Section 50-11-21.2 - Lien for tax or penalty.

Section 50-11-22 - Sale or transfer of aircraft--Transferor's endorsement of registration and notice to department--Time limits--Violation as misdemeanor or felony.

Section 50-11-23 - Transferee's application for certificate of registration--Time limits--Violation as misdemeanor or felony.

Section 50-11-25 - Exceptions to state registration requirements--Government aircraft.

Section 50-11-26 - Exceptions to state registration requirements--Military aircraft.

Section 50-11-27 - Exemption of nonresidents from state registration for noncommercial activities--Failure to register after ninety days as misdemeanor.

Section 50-11-28 - Exceptions to state registration requirements--Interstate or foreign commerce.

Section 50-11-29 - Exceptions to state registration requirements--Model aircraft, balloons, gliders, or sUAS.

Section 50-11-33 - Certificate of registration--Permits--Alteration or forgery--Violation as felony.

Section 50-11-35 - Application of original registration tax to leased aircraft.