The application fee for an original driver license or a renewal of a driver license is twenty-eight dollars. The fee for a duplicate license, a name change, or an address change is fifteen dollars. The fee shall be credited to the state motor vehicle fund.

Five dollars of every fee for an original or renewal license collected pursuant to this section shall be used to administer the Division of Highway Patrol.

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Source: SL 1959, ch 261, § 33; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.03B30; SL 1964, ch 131; SL 1973, ch 202; SL 1974, ch 216, § 1; SL 1977, ch 257; SL 1984, ch 30, § 52; SL 1989, ch 266; SL 1994, ch 252, § 1; SL 2001, ch, § 16; SL 2009, ch 152, § 2; SL 2015, ch 167, § 1.