<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-12A-5.1 - Railroad-highway grade crossing violation--Employer--Penalty.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 32-12A-5.1 - Railroad-highway grade crossing violation--Employer--Penalty."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 32-12A-5.1 - Railroad-highway grade crossing violation--Employer--Penalty."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/32-12A-5.1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-12A-5.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95SENU">32-12A-5.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95SENU">. </span><span class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95CL">Railroad-highway grade crossing violation--Employer--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95DefaultParagraphFont">The state's attorney for the county in which a violation of subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-12A-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95DefaultParagraphFont">32-12A-5</span></a><span class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95DefaultParagraphFont">(4) occurs shall commence a civil in rem proceeding of not more than twenty thousand five hundred and thirty-seven dollars against the employer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s559ae0321df04ee2ac60aba76dcb7e95SCL">SL 2002, ch 156, § 6; SL 2023, ch 103, § 1; SL 2025, ch 126, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>