The number plates authorized by § 32-5-82 shall be of different design each seven-year period and there shall be at all times a marked contrast between the color of the number plates and that of the numerals and letters on the plates.

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Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0114; SL 1943, ch 157; SL 1951, ch 226; SL 1955, ch 159, § 1; SL 1959, ch 249, § 1; SL 1975, ch 198, § 2; SL 1985, ch 245, § 1; SL 1988, ch 236, § 17; SL 1989, ch 257, § 80; SL 1990, ch 237; SL 1998, ch 174, § 1; SL 2010, ch 154, § 1, eff. June 28, 2010; SL 2020, ch 135, § 1.