The department 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 chapter 32-35. The abstract shall include enumeration of any motor vehicle accident in which the person has been involved, the person’s medical certification status, and reference to any conviction of the person for a violation of any motor vehicle law as reported to the department. The department shall collect five dollars for each abstract. The fee shall be credited to the state motor vehicle fund. No governmental entity or subdivision is subject to this fee.

The department shall furnish, upon request and a payment of a fee of five dollars, full information regarding the driver record for the last three years of a person who has been issued a commercial learner’s permit or commercial driver license to an employer or to a prospective employer if the person has given written consent to the employer or prospective employer to obtain this information. The department shall furnish this same information to the driver upon the payment of a fee of five dollars. The information shall include the person’s medical certification status, any disqualification, and any other licensing action for a violation of any state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation committed in any type of vehicle. The fee shall be credited to the state motor vehicle fund. No governmental entity or subdivision is subject to this fee.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 32-12A-63

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 2005, ch 167, § 4, eff. Sept. 30, 2005; SL 2009, ch 152, § 7; SL 2011, ch 144, § 16; SL 2015, ch 168, § 42.