If a receipt of registration has been issued to the holder of a certificate of title canceled by the secretary, the secretary shall immediately cancel the same and demand the return of such receipt of registration, and the license plates or tags issued therewith, and the holder of such receipt of registration or license plates or tags shall return the same to the secretary forthwith. If the registration, license plates or tags, or title is not returned, the secretary may notify the highway patrol or the local law enforcement agency which shall confiscate license plates or tags and return them to the department.

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Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0208 (1) as added by SL 1951, ch 229, § 4; SL 1965, ch 186, § 7; SL 1986, ch 242, § 34.