<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 32-20-12 - Off-road vehicles--Operation on certain lands as misdemeanor--Registration--Title certificate. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054724Normal { 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.s2054724SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054724CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054724CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054724Normal-000001 { 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.s2054724DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054724DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054724Normal-000003 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054724000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054724SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054724SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2054724Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-20-12"><span class="s2054724SENU">32-20-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054724SENU">. </span><span class="s2054724CL">Off</span><span class="s2054724CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2054724CL">road vehicles--Operation on certain lands as misdemeanor--Registration--Title certificate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054724Normal-000001"><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">No person may operate on a public street or highway an off</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">road vehicle except for crossing from one side of the road to the other. A person twelve years of age or older may operate an off</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">road vehicle in a highway ditch if the vehicle is operated as close as possible to the outer edge of the highway right</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">way. However, no person may operate an off</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">road vehicle in a highway ditch along the interstate highway system, or operate an off</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">road vehicle on any lands owned, leased, or controlled by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks, or any highway ditch located within, except on a designated off</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">road vehicle area or designated trail, or operate an off</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">road vehicle in a highway ditch that is designated as part of the state snowmobile trails system pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=41-19"><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">41-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont"> or a public bike trail. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054724Normal-000003"><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">Off</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">road vehicles need not be registered and licensed for use upon the highways except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-20-13"><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">32-20-13</span></a><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">. Off</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">road vehicles shall be titled. The Department of Revenue shall issue a certificate of title for off</span><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">road vehicles the same as for other motor vehicles subject to the provisions of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-3"><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">32-3</span></a><span class="s2054724DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054724Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054724000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054724Normal"><span class="s2054724SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054724SCL-000005"> SL 1985, ch 238, § 8; SL 1986, ch 259; SL 1987, ch 232; SL 1987, ch 233, § 1; SL 1989, ch 256, § 18.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 32-20-12 - Off-road vehicles--Operation on certain lands as misdemeanor--Registration--Title certificate. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2054725Normal { 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.s2054725SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054725CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054725Normal-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.s2054725DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2054725Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2054725000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054725SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2054725SCL-000003 { 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="s2054725Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-20-12.1"><span class="s2054725SENU">32-20-12.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054725SENU">. </span><span class="s2054725CL">Ordinances prohibiting operation of off-road vehicles in ditches--Exceptions--Regulatory signs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054725Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054725DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-20-12"><span class="s2054725DefaultParagraphFont">32-20-12</span></a><span class="s2054725DefaultParagraphFont">, the Transportation Commission or any board of county commissioners by ordinance may prohibit the operation of off-road vehicles in any highway ditch along any section of highway under its jurisdiction. However, neither the Transportation Commission nor any board of county commissioners may prohibit an off-road vehicle from crossing one side of the highway to the other. This section does not affect off-road vehicles used in normal agricultural operation or service vehicles of any utility while in the line of duty for the utility. For the purposes of this section, the term, utility, means any provider of electric, gas, water, sewer, pipeline, or telecommunications service.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054725Normal-000001"><span class="s2054725DefaultParagraphFont">Notice of any restriction made pursuant to this section shall be given by placing and maintaining regulatory signs at each end of the section of highway and at each point of intersection. The signs shall be of substantial construction which conspicuously indicates the restriction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054725Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054725000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2054725Normal"><span class="s2054725SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2054725SCL-000003"> SL 2006, ch 166, § 1; SL 2009, ch 156, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>