South Dakota Codified Laws 32-5-160. Certain military specialty plates not subject to annual registration fees–Maximum sets–Permissible vehicles
Notwithstanding § 32-5-159 or any other contrary provisions of §§ 32-5-154 to 32-5-166, inclusive, each veteran receiving the disabled veteran, Prisoner of War, Pearl Harbor survivor, or Purple Heart military specialty plates shall pay a ten dollar fee for the initial issuance of the military specialty plate and an annual fee of ten dollars for renewal decals, but is not subject to the annual registration fees assessed pursuant to § 32-5-6 or 32-5-9.
Notwithstanding § 32-5-159 or any other contrary provisions of §§ 32-5-154 to 32-5-166, inclusive, each veteran receiving the Medal of Honor plate may not be assessed annual registration fees, pursuant to § 32-5-6 or 32-5-9, or any other fees associated with the military specialty plate or renewal decals.
Each veteran receiving a disabled veteran, Prisoner of War, Pearl Harbor survivor, Purple Heart, or Medal of Honor military specialty plate may get a maximum of two sets of the applied for military specialty plate. The plates may be placed on any automobile, pickup truck, or van licensed pursuant to § 32-5-6 or a motorcycle licensed pursuant to § 32-5-9. The veteran may choose to place one of the two sets of military specialty plates on a noncommercial pickup truck, which weighs more than six thousand pounds, licensed pursuant to § 32-5-6.3, or a motor home licensed pursuant to § 32-5-6.1, but shall pay the regular annual registration fees pursuant to those sections.
Notwithstanding § 32-5-159, an applicant for a tribal veteran plate shall pay a fee in accordance with § 32-5-124, with the fee distributed pursuant to § 32-5-124.
Source: SL 2014, ch 142, § 7; SL 2017, ch 130, § 3.