Unless necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or unless a police officer or official traffic control device has so directed, no person may park a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers:

(1) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 32-30-6.2

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Petty offense: A federal misdemeanor punishable by six months or less in prison. Source: U.S. Courts

(2) At any place where official signs prohibit parking.

A violation of this section is a petty offense.

Source: SL 1970, ch 175, § 31, § 2; SL 1989, ch 255, § 211.