On receipt of any registration application pursuant to the provisions of §§ 32-5-2 and 32-5-3, the county treasurer or department shall deliver to the owner two number plates or two number stickers, or both. The plates or stickers shall bear the distinctive number contained in the application as mentioned in § 32-5-81. If the plates or stickers are mailed to the applicant, the applicant shall pay mailing fees pursuant to § 32-5-127. If the applicant requests that the plates or stickers be express mailed, the applicant shall pay the actual costs of postage and handling. All fees received by the county treasurer for mailing or expressing of the plates or stickers shall be deposited by the treasurer in the county general fund. All fees received by the department for mailing or expressing of the plates or stickers shall be deposited by the department in the state motor vehicle fund.

Each county treasurer office shall be stocked with the following license plates:

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(1) Standard issue county motor vehicle and standard issue county motorcycle license plates issued pursuant to this section;

(2) Emblem speciality plates issued pursuant to § 32-5-167;

(3) Commercial trailer license plates issued pursuant to § 32-5-8.1; and

(4) Trailer license plates issued pursuant to this chapter.

Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0104; SL 1959, ch 246, § 2; SL 1965, ch 178; SL 1975, ch 198, ch 198, § 1; SL 1981, ch 234, § 1; SL 1999, ch 154, § 1; SL 2009, ch 150, § 3; SL 2018, ch 179, § 3.