No person may knowingly buy, sell, offer for sale, receive, or have in his possession, any titled motor vehicle or trailer or component part thereof, from which the original manufacturer’s vehicle identification number or serial number has been removed, defaced, altered, obscured, or destroyed unless the vehicle or component part has an identification number attached to it, assigned or approved by the Department of Revenue under the provisions of § 32-3-22 or authorized agency of another state in lieu of the manufacturer’s number. A violation of this section is a Class 6 felony.

Attorney's Note

Under the South Dakota Laws, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 6 felonyup to 2 yearsup to $4,000
For details, see § 22-6-1

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 32-4-10

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1983, ch 230, § 9; SL 1988, ch 239, § 1; SL 1989, ch 255, § 10; SL 2004, ch 17, § 48; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.