All state–owned motor vehicles shall have identifying markings printed on both sides thereof. The design size and description of the markings shall be specified by the commissioner of administration. This section does not apply to the vehicles used by the office of the attorney general, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Public Safety, or the unified judicial system. All state–owned motor vehicles registered under § 32-5-42 shall bear state license plates, except the vehicles used by the office of the attorney general.

Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0108 (11); SL 1939, ch 169; SL 1953, ch 225; SL 1957, ch 211; SL 1961, ch 220; SL 1982, ch 231; SL 1982, ch 233; SL 1983, ch 233; SL 1984, ch 220; SL 1987, ch 390, § 17; SL 1989, ch 20, § 182; SL 2004, ch 17, § 56.