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Title 32 - Motor Vehicles
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Chapter 05 - Annual Registration And License Pl...
Chapter 05 - Annual Registration And License Plates
§ 32-5-1 Motor vehicle defined.
§ 32-5-1.1 Repealed.
§ 32-5-1.2 Mopeds exempt from chapter.
§ 32-5-1.3 Farm vehicles exempt--Exceptions.
§ 32-5-1.4 All-terrain vehicles used in agriculture exempt.
§ 32-5-2 Application for registration--Contents--Failure to provide information as misdemeanor--Acceptance of incomplete or erroneous form prohibited.
§ 32-5-2.1 Staggered registration of noncommercial vehicles.
§ 32-5-2.2 Determination of month to register vehicle.
§ 32-5-2.3 Repealed.
§ 32-5-2.4 Renewal of registration during assigned month--Expiration of staggered license plates or validation stickers--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-2.5 Registration of acquired motor vehicle--Application.
§ 32-5-2.6 Early renewal--Fee for late renewal.
§ 32-5-2.7 Removal of number plates required upon transfer or assignment of vehicle ownership--Credit for unexpired months--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-2.8 Repealed.
§ 32-5-2.9 Seller's permit for sold or transferred vehicle--Time for registration--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-2.10 Seller's report of sale--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-2.11 Fee for reassignment of license plate.
§ 32-5-3 Information respecting owner of vehicle.
§ 32-5-4 Repealed.
§ 32-5-4.1 Nonresident registration application--Issuance of nonnegotiable interstate title--Purpose and duration--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-4.2 Forwarding of nonnegotiable interstate title to department with application.
§ 32-5-4.3 Repealed.
§ 32-5-5 Vehicle license fee based on weight--Certification of correct weight.
§ 32-5-6 Schedule of fees for noncommercial automobiles, pickup trucks, and vans.
§ 32-5-6.1 Schedule of fees for noncommercial motor homes.
§ 32-5-6.2 Repealed.
§ 32-5-6.3 Schedule of fees for noncommercial vehicles other than automobiles, pickup trucks, or vans--Misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-6.4 Registration of certain noncommercial motor vehicles for less than twelve months--Fee.
§ 32-5-7 Repealed.
§ 32-5-8 Schedule of fees for recreational vehicles and noncommercial trailers and semitrailers.
§ 32-5-8.1 Identification plate required for certain trailers or semitrailers--Display--Fee--Transfer of title.
§ 32-5-8.2 Trailers or semitrailers with identification plates may only be pulled by certain motor vehicles--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-8.3 Temporary permit for certain noncommercial motor vehicles to pull identified trailer or semitrailer.
§ 32-5-8.4 Additional fee when weight exceeds license.
§ 32-5-9 Schedule of fees for motorcycles.
§ 32-5-9.1 Fees for snowmobiles--Period of license--Payment before operation.
§ 32-5-9.2 Disposition of snowmobile fees and initial registration tax.
§ 32-5-9.3 Initial registration tax on snowmobiles--Failure to pay as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-10 Repealed.
§ 32-5-10.1 Motorcycle safety education fee--Amount and payment.
§ 32-5-10.2 Motorcycle safety education fee--Deposit in special revenue fund.
§ 32-5-10.3 Motorcycle safety education fee--Collection and remittance.
§ 32-5-10.4 , 32-5-10.5. Repealed.
§ 32-5-11 to 32-5-16. Repealed.
§ 32-5-16.1 Mobile home or manufactured home license fee--Establishment of purchase price by bill of sale or retail book value--Fee in lieu of certain taxes--Exemption for certain entities.
§ 32-5-16.2 Division of receipts from mobile home or manufactured home license fees.
§ 32-5-16.3 Permit required to move mobile home or manufactured home--Valid for single trip--Conditional on tax payment--Fee--Disposition of fees--Dealer--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-16.4 , 32-5-16.5. Repealed.
§ 32-5-16.6 Penalties for owner's or lender's failure to obtain tax affidavit--Notification to department.
§ 32-5-16.7 Penalties for transporter's, manufacturer's, or dealer's failure to obtain tax affidavit--Notification to department.
§ 32-5-16.8 Single party not to be assessed multiple penalties.
§ 32-5-16.9 Assessment based upon mistake of fact or error of law--Hearing--Appeal.
§ 32-5-17 , 32-5-18. Repealed.
§ 32-5-18.1 Licensing and compensation requirements applicable to highway construction or reconstruction--Special permits not required while engaged in construction.
§ 32-5-19 , 32-5-20. Repealed.
§ 32-5-21 Motorbus defined--Noncommercial fee--Gross maximum weight.
§ 32-5-22 Unregistered motor vehicles.
§ 32-5-23 Destruction of licensed vehicle or failure of vehicle to pass inspection--Removal of plates--Credit--Replacement of plates.
§ 32-5-24 Refund of overpayments and erroneous payments--Return of registration and stickers--Time for application.
§ 32-5-25 Dealer's license fee.
§ 32-5-26 Repealed.
§ 32-5-27 Used out-of-state motor vehicles--Sale or resale--Title, taxes, and license--Exemptions--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-27.1 Repealed.
§ 32-5-28 Repealed.
§ 32-5-29 Sales of vehicles prima facie evidence that seller is used car dealer--Particular parties excepted--Violations--Misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-30 Fee for noncommercial vehicles more than ten years old.
§ 32-5-31 Repealed.
§ 32-5-31.1 Transferred.
§ 32-5-31.2 , 32-5-32. Repealed.
§ 32-5-32.1 Transferred.
§ 32-5-33 Repealed.
§ 32-5-34 Repealed.
§ 32-5-35 Transferred.
§ 32-5-36 Transferred.
§ 32-5-37 to 32-5-41.5. Repealed.
§ 32-5-42 Registration of vehicles owned by public entities, Indian tribes, ambulance services, or churches--Costs--Registration for business use.
§ 32-5-42.1 Nonprofit community support provider vehicles--Registration--Plates--Disposition of costs.
§ 32-5-42.2 Registration of mass transit vehicles owned by state, municipality, or county--Costs--Vehicles purchased with federal funds.
§ 32-5-43 Identifying markings of state-owned vehicles--Exceptions--License plates.
§ 32-5-44 Plates without yearly designation--Distinctive color--Yearly renewal dispensed with.
§ 32-5-45 Exemption of mobile homes purchased outside state.
§ 32-5-46 Vehicles owned by nonresidents--Compliance with laws of foreign state--Display of foreign license plates.
§ 32-5-47 Definition of nonresident.
§ 32-5-47.1 Military personnel, domestic volunteers, and dependents as nonresidents.
§ 32-5-48 Reciprocity required.
§ 32-5-49 Repealed.
§ 32-5-49.1 Registration not required for nonresident harvest vehicles during harvest season--Compensation certificate required--Violation a misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-50 Dealers participating in driver education program--Application to department--Fee--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-51 License plate design--Operation on highways.
§ 32-5-52 Radius of use of vehicle--Size of first or second class municipality--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-54 Repealed.
§ 32-5-55 to 32-5-56.1. Repealed.
§ 32-5-57 , 32-5-58. Repealed.
§ 32-5-59 Repealed.
§ 32-5-60 Repealed.
§ 32-5-61 to 32-5-64. Repealed.
§ 32-5-65 Special plates for employees of commercial radio or broadcasting companies--Fee--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-65.1 Special plates for amateur radio licensees--Fee--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-66 Repealed.
§ 32-5-67 License plate special revenue fund.
§ 32-5-68 to 32-5-74. Repealed.
§ 32-5-75 Repealed.
§ 32-5-76 Special plates for person with substantial physical disability or parent or guardian of dependant with substantial physical disability--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-76.1 Portable certificates for persons with substantial disabilities--Application--Physician's certificate--Rules--Surrender of certificate--Violations as misdemeanors.
§ 32-5-76.2 Portable certificates for nonprofit organizations, hospitals, local government entities, etc.--Application--Rules--Surrendering certificate--Violations as misdemeanors.
§ 32-5-76.3 Special plates for nursing facilities transporting persons with disabilities--Parking--Surrender of plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-77 Historical license plates--Application and fee--Permanent plates--Use of vehicle restricted.
§ 32-5-77.1 Repealed.
§ 32-5-77.2 Display of original number plates on historical vehicles.
§ 32-5-77.3 Repealed.
§ 32-5-78 General license fees in lieu of other taxes against vehicle.
§ 32-5-79 Repealed.
§ 32-5-80 Registration of motorcycles.
§ 32-5-81 Application to county treasurer--Issuance of distinctive number plate--Fuel used by vehicle--Failure to identify fuel as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-82 Delivery or mailing of plates or stickers--Fees--Plates to be stocked at county treasurer office.
§ 32-5-82.1 Number stickers--Evidence of current registration.
§ 32-5-83 Design of number plates--Color contrast.
§ 32-5-83.1 Color of number stickers--Contrast with plates.
§ 32-5-84 Composition of number plates--Size of figures--Snowmobile tags.
§ 32-5-84.1 Composition of stickers.
§ 32-5-84.2 Snowmobile license must be attached.
§ 32-5-85 Number of plates issued.
§ 32-5-86 Reflectorized plates--Determination by department--Elimination of bids deemed not feasible.
§ 32-5-87 Repealed.
§ 32-5-88 Mount Rushmore design--Costs and feasibility.
§ 32-5-89 Determination of characteristics of plate--Dealers' plates.
§ 32-5-89.2 Special personalized license plates as replacement for regular plates--Restrictions.
§ 32-5-89.3 Application for personalized plates--Fees--Validation each year with stickers--Fee disposition.
§ 32-5-89.4 Transfer of vehicle--Removal of personalized plate required until transfer approved by secretary--Violation as petty offense.
§ 32-5-89.5 Replacement of lost, mutilated, or destroyed personalized plates--Affidavit--Fee--Disposition of fee.
§ 32-5-89.6 Repealed.
§ 32-5-90 Registration--Contents--Owner's signature--Registration number.
§ 32-5-90.1 Certified abstract of registration information--Fee.
§ 32-5-90.2 Repealed.
§ 32-5-91 Inspection of registration by peace officer--Possession of registration--Violation as petty offense.
§ 32-5-92 Lost certificate of registration--Duplicate--Fee.
§ 32-5-93 Forwarding applications to department.
§ 32-5-94 Application and registration of vehicle--Manner to facilitate retrieval.
§ 32-5-95 Repealed.
§ 32-5-96 Repealed.
§ 32-5-97 Separate numbering of different types of vehicles.
§ 32-5-97.1 Farm vehicles--Decals.
§ 32-5-97.2 Repealed.
§ 32-5-98 Operation of motor vehicle without visible license plates prohibited-- Removal of unauthorized plates--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-99 Loss of plates--Issuance of duplicates--Affidavit--Fee--Disposition of fee-- Report of loss.
§ 32-5-99.1 Repealed.
§ 32-5-99.2 Repealed.
§ 32-5-100 Plates as state property.
§ 32-5-101 Operation of vehicle while registration is suspended--Misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-102 Prosecution for assault or homicide not barred--Civil action.
§ 32-5-103 Trafficking in license plates or decals--Counterfeiting--Unauthorized transfer to another vehicle--Misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-103.1 Alteration or forgery of registration card--Felony.
§ 32-5-104 Repealed.
§ 32-5-105 Repealed.
§ 32-5-106 Repealed.
§ 32-5-107 Temporary permit for person in possession of title or bill of sale--Inspection of title or bill of sale--Fee.
§ 32-5-108 to 32-5-109.7. Repealed.
§ 32-5-110 Commemorative or souvenir license plates--Use for general transportation purposes.
§ 32-5-111 Promulgation of rules--Duty of local officials.
§ 32-5-112 Duties of county treasurers.
§ 32-5-113 Special plates for firefighters--Design of plates.
§ 32-5-114 Fee for special firefighter plates.
§ 32-5-115 Time for retention of firefighter's plates.
§ 32-5-116 Application to Department of Revenue for special firefighter plates.
§ 32-5-117 Repealed.
§ 32-5-118 Application to county treasurer for special firefighter plates--Fee.
§ 32-5-119 Failure to apply for firefighters plates.
§ 32-5-120 Surrender of special firefighter plates upon discharge, separation, or retirement.
§ 32-5-121 Transfer of special firefighter plates.
§ 32-5-122 Applicability of state motor vehicle laws to firefighters.
§ 32-5-123 Special plates identifying Indian tribes.
§ 32-5-124 Fee for Indian tribe license plates.
§ 32-5-125 Replacement of Indian tribe license plates.
§ 32-5-126 Certain trailers authorized to be licensed for more than one year--Fee.
§ 32-5-127 Additional charges for decals and plates mailed to owner.
§ 32-5-128 Exemption from excise tax for motor vehicles leased to tax exempt entities.
§ 32-5-129 to 32-5-135. Repealed.
§ 32-5-136 to 32-5-139.6. Repealed.
§ 32-5-140 Repealed.
§ 32-5-141 Repealed.
§ 32-5-142 Suspension of registration, title, or license if distress warrant issued--Credit for fee paid.
§ 32-5-143 Definitions.
§ 32-5-144 Disclosure of personal information contained in motor vehicle records prohibited--Exceptions.
§ 32-5-145 Personal information to be disclosed for certain purposes.
§ 32-5-146 Disclosure to one who has subject's consent.
§ 32-5-147 Disclosure on proof of identity of requestor and representation of use for certain limited purposes.
§ 32-5-148 Department may impose conditions on requesting person.
§ 32-5-149 Retention of records by certain recipients.
§ 32-5-150 Misrepresentation by requesting person as misdemeanor--Use of personal information to commit crime of violence as felony.
§ 32-5-151 Person in possession of title or certificate authorized to renew registration--Misrepresentation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-152 Low-speed vehicles.
§ 32-5-153 Highway patrol fee.
§ 32-5-154 Definitions regarding military specialty plates.
§ 32-5-155 Military specialty plates listed.
§ 32-5-156 General requirements for military specialty plates.
§ 32-5-157 Specific additional requirements for military specialty plates.
§ 32-5-158 Application for military specialty plate--Falsification of application as misdemeanor--Determination of eligibility.
§ 32-5-159 Fee for initial issuance of military specialty plates.
§ 32-5-160 Certain military specialty plates not subject to annual registration fees--Maximum sets--Permissible vehicles.
§ 32-5-161 Reflectorized military specialty plates--Annual decals--Permissible vehicles--Display.
§ 32-5-162 Number and design of military specialty plates--Requirements.
§ 32-5-163 Surrender of military specialty plates--Death of owner--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-164 Transfer of ownership of vehicle with military specialty plate--Credit--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-165 Destruction, salvage, or condemnation of vehicle with military specialty plate--Credit--Replacement--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-166 Duplicate military specialty plates upon loss, mutilation, or destruction.
§ 32-5-167 Emblem specialty plates listed.
§ 32-5-168 Eligibility for emblem specialty plates.
§ 32-5-169 Reflectorized emblem specialty plates--Annual stickers--Permissible vehicles--Display.
§ 32-5-170 Fee for emblem specialty plates.
§ 32-5-171 Transfer of ownership of vehicle with emblem specialty plate--Credit--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-172 Destruction, salvage, or condemnation of vehicle with emblem specialty plate--Credit-- Replacement--Violation as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-173 Duplicate emblem specialty plates upon loss, mutilation, or destruction.
§ 32-5-174 Retention time for emblem specialty plates.
§ 32-5-175 Application for emblem to be used on emblem specialty plate.
§ 32-5-176 General requirements for emblem specialty plates.
§ 32-5-177 Specific additional requirements for emblem specialty plates.
§ 32-5-178 Furnishing emblem upon approval for use on emblem specialty plates--Administration--Misuse as misdemeanor.
§ 32-5-179 Special interest motor vehicle plates--Application.
§ 32-5-180 Design of special interest motor vehicle plates--Decals--Rear plates.
§ 32-5-181 Fees for special interest motor vehicle plates.
§ 32-5-182 Contents of application for special interest motor vehicle plate--Renewal.
§ 32-5-183 Misuse of special interest motor vehicle plate.
§ 32-5-184 Dignity sculpture special plates.
§ 32-5-185 Fee for Dignity sculpture plates.
§ 32-5-186 Lost, stolen, or mutilated Dignity sculpture plate.
§ 32-5-187 Electric bicycle exempt from chapter.