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SD Codified L § 32-17-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-10 - Tow truck or wrecker defined--Amber or blue flashers--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-17-10. Tow truck or wrecker defined--Amber or blue flashers--Violation as misdemeanor.Unless the context otherwise requires, a tow truck or wrecker means any motor vehicle which is specially equipped to tow, haul, or push disabled automobiles, trucks, or tractors for commercial considerations, or operated by any person, for the purpose of towing or servicing any automobiles, trucks, or tractors owned by him. Any tow truck or wrecker may be equipped with and use an amber rotary beacon light or lights or other amber flashing or blinking light or lights of the type or similar to the type of lights used on emergency vehicles in this state. The amber lights may be used by a tow truck or wrecker only when actually engaging, towing, hauling, or pushing a disabled motor vehicle, or when ordered by a law enforcement officer for safety purposes to warn other motorists of the presence of the tow truck or wrecker. Any tow truck or wrecker may be equipped with and use a blue rotary beacon light or lights or other blue flashing or blinking light similar to the type of lights used on emergency vehicles in this state. The blue lights may be used by a tow truck or wrecker only when removing debris from a public road. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1967, ch 208, §§1 to 3; SL 1975, ch 206, §2; SL 1978, ch 158, §36; SL 1986, ch 257; SL 2020, ch 119, § 1.
SD Codified L § 32-17-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-11 - Registration plate illumination--Requirements respecting on-off switch--Violation as petty offense.

32-17-11. Registration plate illumination--Requirements respecting on-off switch--Violation as petty offense.Either the rear lamps required by §32-17-8 or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. If the rear registration plate is illuminated by an electric lamp other than the required rear lamps, the lamps shall be turned on or off only by the same control switch at all times whenever headlamps are lighted. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (5); SL 1989, ch 255, §45.
SD Codified L § 32-17-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-12 - Rear reflector required--Mounting and construction of rear reflector--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.

32-17-12. Rear reflector required--Mounting and construction of rear reflector--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.Every new motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer hereafter sold and every commercial vehicle hereafter operated on a highway shall also carry at the rear, either as a part of the rear lamp or separately, a red reflector located at the extreme rear of the vehicle at a height not to exceed sixty inches above the ground upon which the vehicle stands, which reflector is so designed and maintained as to be visible at night from all distances within three hundred feet to fifty feet, except that on a commercial vehicle the reflector shall be visible from all distances within five hundred feet to fifty feet, when directly in front of a motor vehicle displaying lawfully lighted headlamps as provided in §§32-17-5 and 32-17-6. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (6); SL 1961, ch 231; SL 1989, ch 255, §46.
SD Codified L § 32-17-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-13 - Mounting of reflectors--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.

32-17-13. Mounting of reflectors--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.Whenever in this chapter red reflectors are required upon a vehicle, every such reflector shall be maintained at a height not greater than forty-two inches nor less than twenty-four inches above the ground upon which the vehicle stands, and every such reflector shall be so designed and maintained as to be visible at night from all distances within three hundred feet to fifty feet from such vehicle, unless a different distance is specifically required, when such reflector is directly in front of a motor vehicle displaying lawfully lighted headlamps as provided in §§32-17-5 and 32-17-6. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (7); SL 1989, ch 255, §47.
SD Codified L § 32-17-14 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-14 - Vehicles requiring clearance lamps--Location and visibility of clearance lamps--Violation as petty offense.

32-17-14. Vehicles requiring clearance lamps--Location and visibility of clearance lamps--Violation as petty offense.Every truck, truck tractor, bus with a capacity of ten or more passengers, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer having a width at any part in excess of eighty inches shall be equipped with four clearance lamps. Two of such lamps shall be located at the extreme right and left sides of the front of such vehicle, and displaying an amber light visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of the vehicle, and the remaining two lamps located at the extreme right and left sides of the rear of the vehicle and displaying red lights visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle, which rear clearance lamps shall be in addition to the red lamps required in §32-17-8. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (9); SL 1957, ch 227, §1; SL 1959, ch 254; SL 1965, ch 197, §1; SL 1973, ch 208; SL 1989, ch 255, §48.
SD Codified L § 32-17-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-15 - Vehicles requiring identification lamps--Mounting and spacing of identification lamps--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.

32-17-15. Vehicles requiring identification lamps--Mounting and spacing of identification lamps--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.Every vehicle referred to in §32-17-14 or combination of such vehicles having a length in excess of thirty feet or a width in excess of eighty inches shall be equipped with lamps on the front displaying three amber lights and lamps on the rear displaying three red lights, and the lights in each group shall be evenly spaced not less than six nor more than thirty inches apart along a horizontal line near the top of the vehicle and said lights shall be visible from distances of five hundred feet to the front and rear, respectively, of the vehicle. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (10); SL 1957, ch 227, §2; SL 1965, ch 197, §2; SL 1989, ch 255, §49.
SD Codified L § 32-17-15.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-15.1 - Silage or seasonal farm trucks exempt--Gross weight--Restrictions on use.

32-17-15.1. Silage or seasonal farm trucks exempt--Gross weight--Restrictions on use.Any silage truck or seasonal farm truck, licensed under the provisions of §32-5-97.1 and having a gross vehicle weight of six to twenty tons, shall be exempt from the provisions of §§32-17-1, 32-17-8, 32-17-11, 32-17-14, and 32-17-15; provided, however, such motor vehicles shall be operated only during daylight hours and only within a twenty-five mile road distance of the main entrance to the farm where such vehicle is ordinarily parked. Source: SL 1975, ch 213.
SD Codified L § 32-17-15.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-15.2 - Fertilizer and agricultural chemical trailers exempt--Rear reflector required.

32-17-15.2. Fertilizer and agricultural chemical trailers exempt--Rear reflector required.Any vehicle used primarily for the distribution and application of agricultural fertilizer or chemicals, when drawn by another vehicle shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter. However, those vehicles are not exempt from the provisions of §32-17-12. Source: SL 1979, ch 223, §3.
SD Codified L § 32-17-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-16 - Vehicles transporting passengers for compensation as requiring clearance and identification lamps--Buses excepted--Times during which lamps must be lighted--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-17-16. Vehicles transporting passengers for compensation as requiring clearance and identification lamps--Buses excepted--Times during which lamps must be lighted--Violation as misdemeanor.Every motor propelled or motor drawn vehicle designed or used for the transportation of property or for the transportation of passengers for compensation, except buses operated entirely within municipalities when their interiors are illuminated, shall display lighted lamps at the times mentioned in §32-17-4 when and as required in §§32-17-14 and 32-17-15 except that such lamps may be, but are not required to be, lighted when any such vehicle is upon a highway which is sufficiently illuminated by street lamps to render any person or objects visible at a distance of five hundred feet. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (8); SL 1989, ch 255, §62.
SD Codified L § 32-17-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-17 - Auxiliary driving lamps--Mounting--Lighting restricted.

32-17-17. Auxiliary driving lamps--Mounting--Lighting restricted.Any motor vehicle may be equipped with up to three auxiliary driving lamps mounted on the front at a height not less than twelve inches nor more than twenty-four inches above the level surface upon which the vehicle stands, and every such auxiliary driving lamp or lamps shall meet the requirements and limitations of §§32-17-1 to 32-17-16, inclusive. A violation of this paragraph is a petty offense.No auxiliary driving lamp mounted on a motor vehicle, other than a fog lamp, may be lighted at any time the lighted headlamps on the vehicle are on a low beam position. A violation of this paragraph is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (14); SL 1984, ch 228, §4; SL 1990, ch 158, §2.
SD Codified L § 32-17-18 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-18 - Turn light requirements--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.

32-17-18. Turn light requirements--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.If a motor vehicle is equipped with a signal lamp to comply with the provisions of §32-26-23, the signal lamp shall be so constructed and located on the vehicle as to give a signal, yellow or red in color, which shall be plainly visible in normal sunlight from a distance of one hundred feet to the rear of the vehicle but may not project a glaring or dazzling light. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (15); SL 1984, ch 228, §5; SL 1989, ch 255, §50.
SD Codified L § 32-17-19 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-19 - Spot lamps--Aiming and adjustment--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-17-19. Spot lamps--Aiming and adjustment--Violation as misdemeanor.Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not to exceed one spot lamp and every lighted spot lamp shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the high intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle nor more than one hundred feet ahead of the vehicle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (13); SL 1989, ch 255, §63.
SD Codified L § 32-17-20 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-20 - Adjustment of other lamps--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-17-20. Adjustment of other lamps--Violation as misdemeanor.Any device other than headlamps, spot lamps, or auxiliary driving lamps, which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than twenty-five candle power shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level of the surface on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than fifty feet from the vehicle. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (16); SL 1989, ch 255, §64.
SD Codified L § 32-17-21 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-21 - Fire vehicles exempt when equipped with other approved devices.

32-17-21. Fire vehicles exempt when equipped with other approved devices.Fire trucks and apparatus shall be exempt from the provisions of §§32-17-14 and 32-17-15 providing such fire trucks and apparatus are equipped with sirens or horns and red warning lights as provided for in §32-31-4. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (9), (10) as added by SL 1965, ch 197, §§1, 2.
SD Codified L § 32-17-22 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-22 - United States mail vehicles--Warning lights--Color--Mounting and location--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.

32-17-22. United States mail vehicles--Warning lights--Color--Mounting and location--Visibility--Violation as petty offense.Any vehicle, operated by a person authorized to carry United States mail, may be equipped with a single rotating beacon light or lamps to warn the operators of other vehicles of the presence of a vehicular traffic hazard requiring the exercise of unusual care in approaching, overtaking, or passing. Such equipped vehicle may display such warning in addition to any other warning signals required by this chapter. The beacon or lamps herein provided shall be used only while such vehicle is actually carrying United States mail. The beacon light shall be visible three hundred sixty degrees and be a white or amber light, or any shade of color between white and amber. The lamps used to display such warning to the front shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable, and shall display simultaneously flashing white or amber lights, or any shade of color between white and amber. The lamps used to display such warning to the rear shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable and shall show simultaneously flashing white or amber lights, or any shade of color between white and amber. These warning lights shall be visible from a distance of not less than five hundred feet under normal atmospheric conditions at night. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (18) as added by SL 1957, ch 228; SL 1988, ch 259; SL 1989, ch 255, §51.
SD Codified L § 32-17-23 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-23 - Special lights for vehicles operated by persons with disabilities--Violation as petty offense.

32-17-23. Special lights for vehicles operated by persons with disabilities--Violation as petty offense.Any vehicle owned and operated by a person authorized by the Department of Public Safety to display a special handicapped license plate may be equipped with not to exceed two flashing lights which shall emit an amber light without glare. One such lamp may be mounted on the front and one may be mounted on the rear of such vehicle, not more than three inches from each license plate. Such lamp may be used only when such vehicle is operated by the owner thereof, when such vehicle is stopped, and when the owner-operator of the vehicle is in need of assistance. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 as added by SL 1966, ch 134, §2; SL 1989, ch 255, §52; SL 2003, ch 272, §23.
SD Codified L § 32-17-24 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-24 - Headlamps on motorcycles--Violation as petty offense.

32-17-24. Headlamps on motorcycles--Violation as petty offense.Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlamps which shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in §§32-17-5 and 32-17-6. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (3); SL 1974, ch 219, §20; SL 1984, ch 228, §2; SL 1989, ch 255, §53.
SD Codified L § 32-17-24.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-24.1 - Headlamps on mopeds--Violation as petty offense.

32-17-24.1. Headlamps on mopeds--Violation as petty offense.A moped shall be equipped with a headlamp of a single beam type. The headlamp of the moped shall be of sufficient intensity to render clearly discernible a person or vehicle at a distance of not less than one hundred feet. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SL 1978, ch 230, §3; SL 1989, ch 255, §54.
SD Codified L § 32-17-25 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-25 - Bicycle lamps--Visibility and color--Violation as petty offense.

32-17-25. Bicycle lamps--Visibility and color--Violation as petty offense.Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lighted lamp on the front thereof visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least three hundred feet in front of such bicycle and shall also be equipped with a reflex mirror or lamp on the rear exhibiting a yellow or red light visible under like conditions from a distance of at least two hundred feet to the rear of such bicycle. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (11); SL 1989, ch 255, §55.
SD Codified L § 32-17-26 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-26 - Lights on other vehicles--Color and visibility--Violation as petty offense.

32-17-26. Lights on other vehicles--Color and visibility--Violation as petty offense.All vehicles not required in §§32-17-1 to 32-17-25, inclusive, to be equipped with specified lighted lamps shall carry one or more lighted lamps or lanterns displaying a white light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the front and to the rear of such vehicle. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0352 (12); SL 1989, ch 255, §56.
SD Codified L § 32-17-27 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-27 - Lights on parked vehicles--Color and visibility--Vehicles parked within municipality--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-17-27. Lights on parked vehicles--Color and visibility--Vehicles parked within municipality--Violation as misdemeanor.Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in §32-17-4, there shall be displayed upon such vehicle one or more lamps projecting a white or amber light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle and projecting red light visible under like conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear, except that no lights need be displayed upon any such vehicle when parked within the corporate limits of a municipality. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0351; SL 1961, ch 230; SL 1963, ch 264; SL 1965, ch 196; SL 1989, ch 255, §65.
SD Codified L § 32-17-28 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-28 - Vehicles required to be equipped with portable flares, lights or reflectors--Visibility--Violation as misdemeanor.

32-17-28. Vehicles required to be equipped with portable flares, lights or reflectors--Visibility--Violation as misdemeanor.Every motor truck, tractor, truck tractor, farm tractor, road tractor, or road patrol, or any and all combinations thereof, including trailers and semitrailers, and all vehicles exceeding a width at any point of eighty inches operated on the public highways of this state whether operated for commercial purposes or otherwise, shall be equipped at all times with at least three portable flares, or red electric lights, or red reflectors, or emergency reflective triangles, in workable condition which, when lighted and placed as provided in §32-17-29, are plainly visible for a distance of five hundred feet. No flame-producing flare or emergency signal may be used when the vehicle is transporting explosives, flammable liquids, flammable gases, or when the vehicle is a cargo tank used for transporting such flammable products. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent violation is subject to §32-17-30. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0353; SL 1939, ch 171; SL 1974, ch 219, §21; SL 1984, ch 228, §6; SL 1989, ch 255, §67.
SD Codified L § 32-17-29 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 32 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 17 - Vehicle Lights And Flares|Section 32-17-29 - Time during which flares must be displayed--Location and spacing of flares--Removal of vehicle--Violation as misdemeanor--Exceptions.

32-17-29. Time during which flares must be displayed--Location and spacing of flares--Removal of vehicle--Violation as misdemeanor--Exceptions.Every operator of a motor truck, tractor, truck tractor, farm tractor, road tractor, or road patrol, or any combination thereof, including trailers and semitrailers, and all vehicles exceeding a width at any point of eighty inches, shall, immediately upon bringing his vehicle to a stop upon the traveled portions of any public highway, place three flares, red electric lights, red reflectors, or emergency reflective triangles on the roadway. If traffic on the roadway moves in two directions, one of these devices shall be placed at least one hundred feet in the front, one at least one hundred feet to the rear, and one alongside the stopped vehicle. Upon a one-way roadway or divided highway, one of these devices shall be placed at least one hundred feet to the rear, one at least two hundred feet to the rear, and one alongside the stopped vehicle. The flares, red electric lights, red reflectors, or emergency reflective triangles shall be of such type of construction as will furnish continuous light for a period from sunset to sunrise at all times of the year. It is the responsibility of the driver or the person in charge of the vehicle to remove the vehicle in the most expeditious manner. Any vehicle found parked in violation of this section may be immediately removed to a place of safekeeping as directed by a police officer. Any vehicle removed pursuant to this section shall be disposed of as directed by §§32-30-15 and 32-30-18. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. A subsequent violation is subject to §32-17-30.This section does not apply if the stopping is momentary, in obedience to an intersection stoplight, or conforming to the movement of a line of traffic or within the corporate limits of a municipality. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0354; SL 1939, ch 172; SL 1953, ch 235; SL 1980, ch 222; SL 1980, ch 223; SL 1984, ch 228, §7; SL 1989, ch 255, §68; SL 1989, ch 256, §13.