The department may issue a nondomiciled commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver license to:

(1) A person who is domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction whose commercial motor vehicle testing and licensing standards, as determined by the administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, do not meet the testing standards established in 49 C.F.R. part 383 as amended through January 1, 2015;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 32-12A-13

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

(2) A person who is domiciled in a state whose commercial driver licensing program has been decertified by the administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

The word, nondomiciled, shall appear on the face of the nondomiciled commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver license. An applicant shall surrender any nondomiciled commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver license issued by another state. The holder of a nondomiciled commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver license is subject to the same disqualifications and conditions applicable to a commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver license issued to a person domiciled in this state.

A nondomiciled commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver license issued pursuant to subdivision (1) of this section may be renewed only upon presentation of valid documentary evidence that the applicant is authorized to stay in the United States. The department may renew a nondomiciled commercial driver license without a skills or knowledge test if the license has been expired for a period less than one year.

Source: SL 1989, ch 267, § 9; SDCL § 32-12-89; SL 2001, ch 171, §§ 82, 115; SL 2005, ch 167, § 12, eff. Sept. 30, 2005; SL 2007, ch 182, § 5; SL 2010, ch 161, § 4; SL 2010, ch 162, § 1; SL 2011, ch 144, § 4; SL 2015, ch 168, § 12.