<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 32-15-38 - Counterfeit airbags--Prohibition--Violation as misdemeanor.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3Normal { 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.s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3StatuteNumber1"><span class="s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Sell, lease, trade, or transfer a motor vehicle if the person knows that a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, a nonfunctional airbag, or an object that does not comply with 49 C.F.R. § 571.208 as of September 26, 2022, for the make, model, and year of the motor vehicle, has been installed in the motor vehicle as part of the airbag.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3StatuteNumber1-000001"><span class="s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3DefaultParagraphFont">A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3DefaultParagraphFont-000003">Source: </span><span class="s8d633b4d8807482a92910876e8e9afb3SCL">SL 2023, ch 105, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>