<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 32-15-27 - Wheel weight, movement, and damping device requirements for vehicle suspension systems--Violation as petty offense. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054591Normal { 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.s2054591SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054591CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054591Normal-000000 { 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.s2054591DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054591Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2054591Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; 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.s2054591000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054591SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054591SCL-000004 { 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="s2054591Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-15-27"><span class="s2054591SENU">32-15-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054591SENU">. </span><span class="s2054591CL">Wheel weight, movement, and damping device requirements for vehicle suspension systems--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054591Normal-000000"><span class="s2054591DefaultParagraphFont">No person may operate a motor vehicle required to be registered in this state which has an unloaded weight of six thousand pounds or less, other than a motorcycle, on a public highway, unless:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054591Normal-000001"><span class="s2054591DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The vehicle shall be constructed and loaded so that the weight on the wheels of any axle is not less than thirty percent of the gross weight of the vehicle;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054591Normal-000001"><span class="s2054591DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The vehicle shall have a suspension system that allows movement between the unsprung axle and wheel and the chassis body and shall be equipped with a damping device at each wheel location.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054591Normal-000002"><span class="s2054591DefaultParagraphFont">A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054591Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054591000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054591Normal"><span class="s2054591SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054591SCL-000004"> SL 1977, ch 260, § 1 (5), (6); SL 1989, ch 255, § 38.</span></p></div></body></html>