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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 32 - Motor Vehicles » Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares » Section 32-17-6 – Requirements respecting adjustment of headlamps–Violation as misdemeanor.

32-17-6. Requirements respecting adjustment of headlamps–Violation as misdemeanor.

Headlamps shall be deemed to comply with the provisions of §32-17-5 prohibiting glaring and dazzling lights, if none of the main bright portion of the headlamp beams rises above a horizontal plane passing through the lamp centers parallel to the level road upon which the loaded vehicle stands, and in no case higher than forty-two inches, seventy-five feet ahead of the vehicle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, §44.0355 (2); SL 1989, ch 255, §60.