Section 32-20A-22 – Liability of snowmobile equipment renters–Gross negligence.
32-20A-22. Liability of snowmobile equipment renters–Gross negligence. Except as provided in §32-20A-23, a person who offers snowmobile equipment for rent is liable for death or injury to the operator thereof or other person or property only for an act or omission that constitutes gross negligence. Source: SL 1994, ch 259, §2.
Section 32-20A-23 – Safe conditions of rental snowmobiles.
32-20A-23. Safe conditions of rental snowmobiles. A person who engages in the business of renting snowmobiles to another shall maintain rental snowmobiles in a safe condition. Source: SL 1994, ch 259, §3.
Section 32-20A-6 – Operation in ditch permitted–Crossing of roadways restricted–Violation as misdemeanor.
32-20A-6. Operation in ditch permitted–Crossing of roadways restricted–Violation as misdemeanor. A duly registered and licensed snowmobile may be operated in the right-hand or left-hand ditch on state designated snowmobile trails, and in the right-hand ditch outside the roadway of other than interstate highways, but not upon or across any highway except as provided by §32-20A-7. […]
Section 32-20A-24 – Operation on state snowmobile trail or area–Violation as misdemeanor.
32-20A-24. Operation on state snowmobile trail or area–Violation as misdemeanor. No person may operate a snowmobile on a state snowmobile trail or area established pursuant to the provisions of chapter 41-19 unless the snowmobile has a curb weight of less than fourteen hundred pounds, is driven by track contact with the snow, and is steered […]
Section 32-20A-7 – Conditions permitting operation on roadways–Unauthorized operation as misdemeanor.
32-20A-7. Conditions permitting operation on roadways–Unauthorized operation as misdemeanor. A snowmobile may be operated upon or across a roadway: (1)To cross at right angles to the roadway only after stopping and yielding the right-of-way to all approaching traffic and crossing as closely as possible to an intersection or approach; (2)When there is no ditch along […]
Section 32-20A-25 – Permit to operate motorcycle as a snowmobile.
32-20A-25. Permit to operate motorcycle as a snowmobile. Any resident owner who has titled a motorcycle which has been modified to comply with the definition of a snowmobile for use as a snowmobile on a state snowmobile trail or area established pursuant to the provisions of chapter 41-19 may purchase an annual permit valid from […]
Section 32-20A-8 – Permit to operate on closed or posted roadway.
32-20A-8. Permit to operate on closed or posted roadway. A permit authorized under subdivision 32-20A-7(4) may be issued to persons, or associations or clubs formed by owners of snowmobiles, to be operated upon roadways which are closed to travel by other motor vehicles or which during the hours of use by snowmobiles will be adequately […]
Section 32-20A-9 – Restrictions on use within municipality.
32-20A-9. Restrictions on use within municipality. Nothing contained in §§32-20A-4 to 32-20A-7, inclusive, shall grant to the operator of a snowmobile any rights or privileges to operate within the corporate limits of a municipality, and nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the municipality from regulating by ordinance the operation of snowmobiles within the corporate limits. […]
Section 32-20A-10 – Lights required during darkness–Violation as misdemeanor.
32-20A-10. Lights required during darkness–Violation as misdemeanor. Any snowmobile on a highway, operated during hours of darkness, shall display a lighted headlamp and tail lamp in accordance with chapter 32-17 as may have been approved by the Department of Public Safety at least equivalent to that required for motorcycles. A violation of this section is […]
Section 32-20A-12 – Hunting from snowmobile prohibited–Coyote hunting excepted–Violation as misdemeanor.
32-20A-12. Hunting from snowmobile prohibited–Coyote hunting excepted–Violation as misdemeanor. No person may chase, drive, harass, kill, or attempt to kill any game animal or game bird with or from a snowmobile, except that coyotes may be taken by a landowner or lessee on the landowner’s property by shooting from stationary snowmobiles through the use of […]