32-35-1. Definition of terms. Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise plainly requires, shall mean: (1)”Chauffeur,” every person who is employed by another for the principal purpose of driving a motor vehicle and every person who drives a school bus transporting school children or any motor vehicle when in use for the transportation […]
32-35-100. Forms necessary for purposes of chapter. The Department of Public Safety shall prescribe and provide suitable forms that are required or deemed necessary to administer the driver licensing and financial responsibility functions of this chapter. The Department of Revenue shall prescribe and provide suitable forms that are required or deemed necessary to administer the […]
32-35-101. Abstract of driver’s operating record furnished by department–Contents–Certain accidents recorded separately–Fee. The Department of Public Safety shall furnish to any person upon request a certified abstract of the operating record for the last three years of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter. This three-year limit does not apply to any person […]
32-35-101.1. Department to provide driving records of policyholders to insurance companies. The Department of Public Safety may contract with an insurance company or its authorized information vendor to provide the entries made on the operating records of the insurance company’s policyholders. The department may determine the periodic basis and the media on which the information […]
32-35-102. Departments orders subject to contested case provisions. Any order of the Department of Public Safety under the provisions of this chapter relating to driver licensing or financial responsibility is subject to the contested case provisions in §§1-26-16 to 1-26-37, inclusive. Any order of the Department of Revenue under the provisions of this chapter relating […]
32-35-103. Inadmissibility of reports–Admissibility of testimony of investigating officer. The inadmissibility of any report required in this chapter as evidence in any action, civil or criminal, shall not prevent the admission in evidence of the testimony of any investigating officer, which testimony as to what he saw, heard, or witnessed during the course of his […]
32-35-104. Surrender of license or registration. Any person whose license or registration has been suspended under any provision of this chapter, or whose policy of insurance or bond, if required under this chapter, has been canceled or terminated, shall immediately return his license, and registration to the Department of Public Safety in accordance with §32-12-68. […]
32-35-105. Insurance required by other statutes unaffected. Except for §32-35-89 this chapter shall not apply with respect to any vehicle which is subject to the requirements of any other act requiring insurance or other security with respect to any types of motor vehicles. Source: SL 1957, ch 212, §70; SDC Supp 1960, §44.03A65.
32-35-107. Other processes of law unaffected by chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the plaintiff in any action at law from relying for relief upon the other processes provided by law. Source: SL 1957, ch 212, §73; SDC Supp 1960, §44.03A68.
32-35-108. Construction of chapter. This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it. Source: SL 1957, ch 212, §74; SDC Supp 1960, §44.03A69.
32-35-109. Giving forged or unauthorized proof as misdemeanor. Any person who shall forge, or, without authority, sign any evidence of proof of financial responsibility for the future, or who files or offers for filing any such evidence of proof knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority, shall be […]
32-35-110. Driving after suspension of license or registration as misdemeanor. Any person whose license or registration has been suspended under this chapter and who, during such suspension, drives any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowingly permits any vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state owned by such person […]
32-35-111. Transfer of vehicle after suspension of registration–Security interests unaffected–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 […]
32-35-113. Maintenance of financial responsibility–Violation as misdemeanor. Every driver or owner of a motor vehicle shall at all times maintain in force one of the forms of financial responsibility on the motor vehicle by one of the following methods: (1)Having in force on the motor vehicle an owner’s policy of liability insurance as provided in […]
32-35-114. Evidence of financial responsibility when detained for a suspected violation. Every person who drives a motor vehicle, required to be registered in this state, if requested by a law enforcement officer as a secondary action when the driver of the vehicle is detained for a suspected violation of Title 32 or some other offense, […]
32-35-115. What constitutes evidence of financial responsibility. For the purposes of §32-35-114, evidence of financial responsibility is the name of the insurance or surety company which issued the motor vehicle liability policy and the number of the insurance policy or surety bond, the number of the certificate of deposit issued pursuant to §32-35-87, or is […]
32-35-116. Written evidence of financial responsibility when cited for violation or involved in accident–Electronic copy as written evidence–Citation for noncompliance. If a driver of a motor vehicle required to be registered in the state is cited for a violation of Title 32 or is involved in a reportable motor vehicle accident, the driver of the […]
32-35-117. Appearance before magistrate to provide written evidence of financial responsibility–Submission by mail in lieu of appearance–Dismissal of proceedings. Any person cited for a violation of §32-35-113, may personally appear before a magistrate, as designated on the citation, and provide written evidence of financial responsibility that is acceptable to the magistrate showing that the driver […]
32-35-118. Applicability of financial responsibility program to owner when another person is driver–Notice to state’s attorney–New and used motor vehicle dealers exempted. If a driver is stopped and requested to produce proof of financial responsibility does not do so, and is not the owner of that vehicle, but is operating that vehicle with the permission […]
32-35-119. Written evidence of insurance–Electronic copy as written evidence. 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 […]
