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SD Codified L § 31-28-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-7 - Railway crossing signs--Maintenance--Violation as misdemeanor.

31-28-7. Railway crossing signs--Maintenance--Violation as misdemeanor.The public board or officer whose duty it is to repair or maintain any public highway shall erect and maintain at points in conformity with standard uniform traffic control practices on each side of the place at which a highway crosses an operational railway track or right-of-way, except within the limits of municipalities, a standard railroad advance warning sign. The sign shall be on the right-hand side of the highway approaching such crossing and at a distance from the crossing as the department or other controlling body shall direct. Any legally abandoned or nonoperational track which is crossed by a public highway and at which the crossing has been properly marked as a railway grade crossing may be marked with a supplemental sign, meeting uniform traffic control practices, to inform drivers of vehicles identified in §32-29-5 that a stop is not required at that crossing. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1923, ch 284, §4; SDC 1939, §28.9903; SDC 1939, §28.0901 as added by SL 1941, ch 130; SDCL §31-28-9; SL 1981, ch 228, §1; SL 2010, ch 145, §138.
SD Codified L § 31-28-7.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-7.1 - Legally abandoned and nonoperational track defined.

31-28-7.1. Legally abandoned and nonoperational track defined.For the purpose of §31-28-7, legally abandoned track is any section of railway track on which formal legal abandonment proceedings have been completed. For the purpose of §§31-28-7, 31-28-7.2, and 32-29-5, nonoperational track is any section of railway track on which there has been no traffic for the previous three months and there is no prospect of traffic in the near future. Source: SL 1981, ch 228, §3.
SD Codified L § 31-28-7.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-7.2 - Notice of nonoperational track becoming operational.

31-28-7.2. Notice of nonoperational track becoming operational.If a nonoperational track becomes operational, the operator of that railroad shall, not less than thirty days prior to operating on the track, cause public notice to be given thereof, by publication in each newspaper published in each county in which the operator intends to operate, once each week for four consecutive weeks, notifying the public of the date on which operations shall begin. The operator shall also notify each school superintendent in those counties in writing of the commencement of operations. Source: SL 1981, ch 228, §4.
SD Codified L § 31-28-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-8 - Erection of unofficial signs prohibited--Misdemeanor--Emergencies--Approval by Department of Transportation.

31-28-8. Erection of unofficial signs prohibited--Misdemeanor--Emergencies--Approval by Department of Transportation.It shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor to erect or display any sign endangering the public or other guide or warning signs upon the trunk highway system except in case of emergency or when approved by the Department of Transportation. Source: SL 1919, ch 333, §53; SL 1923, ch 284, §4; SDC 1939, §§28.0901, 28.9903; SL 1941, ch 130; SDCL, §31-28-9.
SD Codified L § 31-28-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-10 - Marking intrastate and interstate highways--Uniformity--Conformity with other states.

31-28-10. Marking intrastate and interstate highways--Uniformity--Conformity with other states.The department may classify, designate, and mark both intrastate and interstate highways lying within the boundaries of this state and provide a uniform system of marking and signing the highways under the jurisdiction of this state. The system of marking and signing shall correlate with and so far as possible conform to the system adopted in other states. Source: SL 1929, ch 251, §58; SDC 1939, §44.0359; SL 2010, ch 145, §139.
SD Codified L § 31-28-10.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-10.1 - Standards for supplemental guide signs--Rules--Definition.

31-28-10.1. Standards for supplemental guide signs--Rules--Definition.The Transportation Commission shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 and consistent with the manual on uniform traffic control devices governing standards for supplemental guide signs on the interstate highway system. The rules shall set forth qualifying facility criteria; application procedures; sign content, size, location, and spacing restrictions; erection requirements; and message priority. For the purposes of §§31-28-10.1 to 31-28-10.3, inclusive, a supplemental guide sign is any official sign erected on the right-of-way to provide guidance for the motorist to traffic generators. Source: SL 1979, ch 200, §§1, 2; SL 1987, ch 210, §14.
SD Codified L § 31-28-10.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-10.2 - Safety as prime consideration in supplemental guide signs--Traffic generating capacity secondary.

31-28-10.2. Safety as prime consideration in supplemental guide signs--Traffic generating capacity secondary.The Transportation Commission shall give priority consideration to highway safety factors before approval of any application for a supplemental guide sign. Secondary consideration shall only be given to criteria relating to the traffic generating capacity of the facility or institution making application for the supplemental signing. Source: SL 1979, ch 200, §4.
SD Codified L § 31-28-10.3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-10.3 - Supplemental guide signs for smaller institutions.

31-28-10.3. Supplemental guide signs for smaller institutions.In establishing standards pursuant to §31-28-10.1 the Transportation Commission may not restrict the availability of these supplemental guide signs to four-year degree granting institutions, nor may it establish enrollment criteria that restricts the eligibility of smaller educational institutions. Source: SL 1979, ch 200, §3.
SD Codified L § 31-28-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-11 - Markings to conform to uniform national signing standards on streets and roads constructed with federal aid.

31-28-11. Markings to conform to uniform national signing standards on streets and roads constructed with federal aid.On any street or road constructed with federal aid, the location, form, character of informational regulatory warning signs, curb and pavement, or other markings and traffic signals, shall conform to uniform national signing standards. Source: SL 1945, ch 121; SDC Supp 1960, §28.0904-1; SL 1984, ch 207, §§7, 71.
SD Codified L § 31-28-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-12 - Markings on highways under commissioners' jurisdiction--Distances between third class municipalities--Cost of markings.

31-28-12. Markings on highways under commissioners' jurisdiction--Distances between third class municipalities--Cost of markings.Each board of county commissioners shall erect and maintain substantial guideposts at convenient intervals along all public highways under its jurisdiction not within the boundaries of any municipality, which guideposts shall show in plain letters thereon the directions and distances to the next municipality on either side of the point where such guidepost is located. The cost of erecting such guideposts shall be paid from the county general fund. Source: SL 1913, ch 230; RC 1919, §5902; SDC 1939, §12.2901; SL 1980, ch 211, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-28-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-13 - Markings by local authorities--Local regulations not enforceable in absence of sign--Location and legibility of sign.

31-28-13. Markings by local authorities--Local regulations not enforceable in absence of sign--Location and legibility of sign.Local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may cause appropriate signs to be erected and maintained, designating residence and business districts, highway and steam or interurban railway grade crossing, and such other signs as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of chapters 32-14, 32-22, and 32-25 to 32-31, inclusive, and such additional signs as may be appropriate to give notice of local parking and other special regulations. Local parking and other special regulations shall not be enforceable against an alleged violator if, at the time and place of the alleged violation, an appropriate sign giving notice thereof is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Source: SL 1929, ch 251, §59; SDC 1939, §44.0360.
SD Codified L § 31-28-14 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-14 - Unauthorized signs, markers, and signals prohibited--Authorization to organization.

31-28-14. Unauthorized signs, markers, and signals prohibited--Authorization to organization.No unauthorized person may erect or maintain upon any highway, any warning or direction sign, marker, signal, or light in imitation of any official sign, marker, signal, or light erected under the provisions of this chapter. No person may erect or maintain upon any highway any traffic or highway sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial or political campaign advertising. Nothing in this section prohibits the erection or maintenance of any sign, marker, or signal bearing thereon the name of an organization authorized to erect the sign, marker, or signal by the department or any local authority as defined in this chapter. Source: SL 1929, ch 251, §60; SDC 1939, §44.0361; SL 2010, ch 145, §140; SL 2011, ch 137, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-28-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-16 - Arterial highways--Right-of-way--Violation as misdemeanor.

31-28-16. Arterial highways--Right-of-way--Violation as misdemeanor.The department and boards of county commissioners may designate certain state and county highways, or portions thereof, as preferential or arterial highways. The traffic upon any highway so designated shall have the right-of-way. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1927, ch 136, §§1, 3; SDC 1939, §§28.0902, 28.9904; SDCL §31-28-18; SL 1967, ch 114; SL 2010, ch 145, §141.
SD Codified L § 31-28-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-17 - Hazardous intersections--Railroad crossings--Warning signs--Violation as misdemeanor.

31-28-17. Hazardous intersections--Railroad crossings--Warning signs--Violation as misdemeanor.Except within the limits of a municipality, the department and county commissioners may designate any hazardous intersection as a stop intersection, and designate any railroad crossing as a stop crossing. The intersections and railroad crossings shall be designated by placing a stop sign at the point of stop. The sign to be preceded by a warning sign so as to give warning of stop. Failure to stop at the point of stop of such intersections and railroad crossings is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1927, ch 136, §§2, 3; SDC 1939, §§28.0902, 28.9904; SDCL §31-28-18; SL 1967, ch 114; SL 1980, ch 211, §2; SL 2010, ch 145, §142.
SD Codified L § 31-28-19 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-19 - Markings resembling official signs--Obscuring official sign--Violation as misdemeanor.

31-28-19. Markings resembling official signs--Obscuring official sign--Violation as misdemeanor.No person may place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any official traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1963, ch 274, §§4 (1), 6; SDCL §31-28-24; SL 2010, ch 145, §143.
SD Codified L § 31-28-20 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-20 - Commercial or political campaign advertising--Violation as misdemeanor.

31-28-20. Commercial or political campaign advertising--Violation as misdemeanor.No person may place or maintain nor may any public authority permit upon any highway or public right-of-way any traffic sign or signal bearing any commercial or political campaign advertising. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1963, ch 274, §§4 (2), 6; SDCL §31-28-24; SL 2010, ch 145, §144; SL 2011, ch 137, §2.
SD Codified L § 31-28-21 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-21 - Signs on private property.

31-28-21. Signs on private property.The provisions of §31-28-19 and 31-28-20 do not prohibit the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs. Source: SL 1963, ch 274, §4 (3); SL 2010, ch 145, §145.
SD Codified L § 31-28-22 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-22 - Prohibited sign as nuisance.

31-28-22. Prohibited sign as nuisance.Every sign, signal, marking, or device prohibited by §§31-28-19 and 31-28-20 is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the Department of Transportation or local authorities within their respective jurisdictions shall remove the sign, signal, marking, or device or cause it to be removed immediately. The removal may be done without notice. Source: SL 1963, ch 274, §4 (4); SL 2001, ch 160, §2; SL 2011, ch 137, §3.
SD Codified L § 31-28-23 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-23 - Tampering, molesting, or interfering with markers, signs, or control devices--Violation as misdemeanor--Liability for costs.

31-28-23. Tampering, molesting, or interfering with markers, signs, or control devices--Violation as misdemeanor--Liability for costs.No person may, without lawful authority, attempt or actually alter, deface, injure, knock down, remove, or in any manner molest or interfere with any official highway marker, sign, guide board, traffic-control device, interstate highway gate, or any railroad sign or signal, barrier, warning device, or sign erected in connection with highway maintenance or construction activities. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any person who violates this section is responsible for the cost of repairing or replacing such markers, signs, signals, barriers, or devices. Source: SL 1963, ch 274, §§5, 6; SDCL, §31-28-24; SL 1984, ch 207, §73; SL 1996, ch 188, §3; SL 2001, ch 160, §1; SL 2006, ch 130, §12.
SD Codified L § 31-28-23.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-23.1 - Civil penalty for tampering, removing, or interfering with highway marker, sign, or control device.

31-28-23.1. Civil penalty for tampering, removing, or interfering with highway marker, sign, or control device.In addition to any damages and penalties provided by §31-28-23, any person who is convicted of the offense of intentionally tampering, removing, or interfering with any official highway marker, sign, or control device pursuant to §31-28-23 is subject to a civil penalty, to be set by the court, not to exceed two thousand dollars. Any civil penalty collected pursuant to this section shall be distributed to the state or the political subdivision with jurisdiction on the involved highway. Source: SL 2014, ch 135, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-28-25 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-25 - Traffic light control.

31-28-25. Traffic light control. Nothing in §§31-28-19 to 31-28-23.1, inclusive, limits the existing authority of South Dakota law enforcement officers in the performance of their duties involving traffic light control. Source: SL 1963, ch 274, §7; SL 2010, ch 145, §146; SL 2021, ch 128, § 5.
SD Codified L § 31-28-28 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-28 - Unauthorized possession of official signs or markers as misdemeanor.

31-28-28. Unauthorized possession of official signs or markers as misdemeanor.No person may possess any sign, guide board, mileage post, signal, or marker erected by the state or by any governmental subdivision unless obtained in a legal manner. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1977, ch 245; SL 1984, ch 207, §76.
SD Codified L § 31-28-29 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 28 - Highway Markers And Signs|Section 31-28-29 - Activities of technical professionals not limited.

31-28-29. Activities of technical professionals not limited.Nothing in this chapter limits the practice and activity of a professional licensed pursuant to chapter 36-18A, performing his or her professional duties. Source: SL 2001, ch 160, §4; SL 2010, ch 145, §147.
SD Codified L § 31-29-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 29 - Highway Beautification And Regulation Of Advertising|Section 31-29-1 - Billboards near cemetery--Violation as misdemeanor.

31-29-1. Billboards near cemetery--Violation as misdemeanor.It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to erect or construct along the streets or highways adjoining any cemetery, or within three hundred feet of any cemetery, any billboard, advertising sign, or unsightly object without first obtaining the written consent of the proper officers of the municipality, or township, and of the proper officers or persons having charge and control of such cemetery. However, the street or highway may be marked to designate an automobile route, or for other public purposes, if done in a neat and attractive manner. Source: SDC 1939, §§28.0905, 28.9905; SDCL §31-29-3; SL 1992, ch 60, §2; SL 2010, ch 145, §148.
SD Codified L § 31-29-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 29 - Highway Beautification And Regulation Of Advertising|Section 31-29-2 - Obstruction of highway or to vision--Violation as misdemeanor.

31-29-2. Obstruction of highway or to vision--Violation as misdemeanor.It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person, corporation, or association, to place or maintain, or cause to be placed or maintained, any advertising sign, device, display, building, or structure on any of the public highways of the state. Except within municipalities, it is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person, corporation, or association to place or maintain, or cause to be placed or maintained, any device, display, or obstruction to vision, along or adjacent to any of the public highways of the state where the device, display, or obstruction to vision, constitutes a hazard to highway traffic at any main crossing or intersection, horizontal or vertical curve or railroad crossing, as deemed hazardous by the authority in charge of the maintenance of the highway. Source: SL 1925, ch 186, §§1, 3; SDC 1939, §§28.0906, 28.9905; SL 1941, ch 131; SDCL §31-29-3; SL 2010, ch 145, §149.
SD Codified L § 31-29-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 29 - Highway Beautification And Regulation Of Advertising|Section 31-29-12 - Rest areas and facilities--Commercial accommodations prohibited.

31-29-12. Rest areas and facilities--Commercial accommodations prohibited.The Department of Transportation may acquire and improve strips of land necessary for acquisition of publicly owned and controlled rest areas and sanitary and other facilities within or adjacent to the highway right-of-way reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public. However, the Transportation Commission may not expend any funds for the acquisition, construction or improvement of hotels, motels, restaurants, or other accommodations of like nature. Source: SL 1966, ch 85, §2; SL 1974, ch 204, §1; SL 2010, ch 145, §151.
SD Codified L § 31-29-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 29 - Highway Beautification And Regulation Of Advertising|Section 31-29-13 - Interest in land acquired--Acquisition by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation.

31-29-13. Interest in land acquired--Acquisition by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation.The interest in any land authorized to be acquired and maintained under §31-29-12 may be the fee simple or any lesser interest, as determined by the department. The acquisition may be by gift, purchase, exchange, or by condemnation pursuant to the procedures provided by either §§31-19-1 to 31-19-21, inclusive, for the condemnation of real property by the department, or chapter 21-35. Source: SL 1966, ch 85, §3; SL 2010, ch 145, §152.
SD Codified L § 31-29-59 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 29 - Highway Beautification And Regulation Of Advertising|Section 31-29-59 - Maps, directories, and pamphlets at rest areas--Advertising and media display at information centers.

31-29-59. Maps, directories, and pamphlets at rest areas--Advertising and media display at information centers.In order to provide information to the traveling public, the Department of Tourism may maintain maps and permit informational directories and advertising pamphlets to be made available at safety rest areas, and may establish information centers at safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the state and providing other information as may be considered desirable. The department may contract to offer information through advertising or a media display, other than an informational directory or advertising pamphlet. The advertising or media display may be at an information center if the advertising or media display is exhibited solely within the information center and the advertising or media display is not legible from the main traveled way. The proceeds from any advertising or media display shall be deposited into the tourism promotion fund for the operation, maintenance, and expansion of information center exhibits. Source: SL 1966, ch 87, §5; SL 1967, ch 118, §11; SL 2010, ch 145, §154; SL 2018, ch 169, §2.
SD Codified L § 31-29-60 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 29 - Highway Beautification And Regulation Of Advertising|Section 31-29-60 - Compensation for removal of nonconforming signs--Federal contributions.

31-29-60. Compensation for removal of nonconforming signs--Federal contributions. No sign, display, or device may be required to be removed unless at the time of removal there are sufficient funds appropriated and available to pay the affected parties just compensation after due allowance for any contribution that may be available from the federal government, and if the latter contribution is available for immediate payment. Source: SL 1967, ch 118, §12; SL 2010, ch 145, §155; SL 2021, ch 128, § 6.