South Dakota Codified Laws 32-35-111. Transfer of vehicle after suspension of registration–Security interestsunaffected–Suspension of unauthorized reregistration
If an owner’s registration has been suspended under this chapter, the Department of Revenue shall allow an owner to transfer a vehicle’s registration to another person in the ordinary course of business or to a co-owner, as evidenced by the title, if the co-owner can provide written evidence of financial responsibility in the form provided by §§ 32-35-113 and 32-35-119.
Nothing in this section affects the rights of any conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee, or lessor of such a vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 32-35-111
- 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.
- Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
The Department of Revenue shall suspend the registration of any vehicle transferred in violation of the provisions of this section.
Source: SL 1957, ch 212, § 63; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.03A63; SL 1988, ch 269; SL 2004, ch 17, § 183; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.