<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-12A-6 - Possession of commercial driver license or learner's permit required for vehicle operation--Violation as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054461Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054461SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054461CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054461Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054461DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054461000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054461SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054461SCL-000002 { 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></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2054461Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-12A-6"><span class="s2054461SENU">32-12A-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054461SENU">. </span><span class="s2054461CL">Possession of commercial driver license or learner's permit required for vehicle operation--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054461Normal-000000"><span class="s2054461DefaultParagraphFont">No person may drive a commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this state unless the person holds and has in immediate possession a commercial learner's permit or commercial driver license with applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle the person is driving. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054461Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054461000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054461Normal"><span class="s2054461SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054461SCL-000002"> SL 1989, ch 267, § 5; SL 1997, ch 190, § 1; SDCL § 32-12-82; SL 2001, ch 171, §§ 76, 115; SL 2015, ch 168, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html>