Application for an unladen vehicle permit shall be made on forms prescribed by the administrator. The application shall be made to the Department of Public Safety. The application shall provide an acceptable proof to the Department of Public Safety attesting that the owner of the vehicle has surrendered all plates, cab cards, and other evidence of previous registration to the previous registrant before an unladen vehicle permit may be issued. The fee for an unladen vehicle permit shall be twenty-five dollars and shall be deposited in the state highway fund. If the unladen vehicle permit fee is paid, no other registration fee is required for any trailer or semitrailer being towed by the vehicle.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 32-10-39

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • owner: means a person who holds a legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee, or in the event while a vehicle is subject to a lease with an immediate right of possession vested in the lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee, lessee or mortgagee is considered to be the owner. See South Dakota Codified Laws 32-10-1

Source: SL 2018, ch 189, § 2.