With respect to persons asserting financial responsibility by means of a certificate of insurance, written evidence, for the purposes of § 32-35-117, is a copy of the insurance policy or bond or an identification card with the insurance policy number, name of insurer, the effective date of coverage, and the date of expiration or written confirmation from the insurer that the person was insured at the time of citation. For purposes of this section, an electronic copy of financial responsibility is written evidence if it meets the requirements of this section and is issued as an official electronic document by the insurer.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 32-35-119

  • 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.
  • 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

Source: SL 1986, ch 269, § 7; SL 2014, ch 156, § 1.