<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 32-3-53 - Restored or rebuilt vehicle--Submission to department--Inspection--Issuance of rebuilt title.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cNormal { 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.s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cStatute { 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.s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765c000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cNoIndent { 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.s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 32-3-53 - Restored or rebuilt vehicle--Submission to department--Inspection--Issuance of rebuilt title."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 32-3-53 - Restored or rebuilt vehicle--Submission to department--Inspection--Issuance of rebuilt title."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/32-3-53"><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="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-3-53" rel="noopener"><span class="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cSENU">32-3-53</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cSENU">. </span><span class="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cCL">Restored or rebuilt vehicle--Submission to department--Inspection--Issuance of rebuilt title.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cDefaultParagraphFont">If any vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is rebuilt as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=32-3-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cDefaultParagraphFont">32-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cDefaultParagraphFont"> and is restored to operation, the owner shall submit an application to the Department of Revenue for a rebuilt title. The motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer may not be licensed or titled until there is submitted to the department proper affidavits, photo copies of receipts, bills of sale establishing ownership, or titles and the source of all parts and component parts used to rebuild the vehicle. The rebuilt title and registration shall be issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. After the motor vehicle is inspected, the owner shall take his copy of the certificate of inspection to the county treasurer, purchase his license plates and pay any tax owed. Once the department is notified that the inspection is complete and has verified that the correct amount of tax has been paid, it shall issue a rebuilt title. Each new certificate of title shall have noted thereon that the vehicle has been rebuilt. The highway patrol or an employee of the department may inspect rebuilt titles and rebuilt motor vehicles.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765c000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s53004fa674114ddf9c13f03b4956765cSCL">SDC 1939, § 44.0211-4 as enacted by SL 1965, ch 183; SL 1984, ch 217, § 1; SL 1985, ch 239, § 5; SL 1988, ch 238, § 14; SL 2004, ch 17, § 42; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2025, ch 44, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-3-53 - Restored or rebuilt vehicle--Submission to department--Inspection--Issuance of rebuilt title.32-3-53.1 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 32-3-53.1 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 32-3-53.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 32-3-53.1. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1988, ch 238, &#167;&nbsp;15.<p> </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 32-3-53 - Restored or rebuilt vehicle--Submission to department--Inspection--Issuance of rebuilt title.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2053507Normal { 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.s2053507SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053507CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2053507Normal-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.s2053507DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053507000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053507SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053507SCL-000002 { 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="s2053507Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-3-53.2"><span class="s2053507SENU">32-3-53.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053507SENU">. </span><span class="s2053507CL">Inspection of restored or rebuilt vehicles.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053507Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053507DefaultParagraphFont">The motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers referred to in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-3-53"><span class="s2053507DefaultParagraphFont">32-3-53</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053507DefaultParagraphFont"> may be inspected by an employee of the Department of Revenue or a highway patrolman. The certificate of inspection shall be of a form prescribed and furnished by the department. Motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers of any age which have body and chassis from different vehicles combined to make one vehicle, which have component parts changed, or which lack supporting documents with the application for title may also be inspected.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053507Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053507000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053507Normal"><span class="s2053507SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053507SCL-000002"> SL 1985, ch 239, § 6; SL 1988, ch 238, § 16; SL 2004, ch 17, § 43; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2053507SCL-000002">11-1</span></a><span class="s2053507SCL-000002">), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 32-3-53 - Restored or rebuilt vehicle--Submission to department--Inspection--Issuance of rebuilt title.32-3-53.3 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 32-3-53.3 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 32-3-53.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 32-3-53.3. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1988, ch 238, &#167;&nbsp;17.<p> </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 32-3-53 - Restored or rebuilt vehicle--Submission to department--Inspection--Issuance of rebuilt title.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2053509Normal { 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.s2053509SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053509CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2053509Normal-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.s2053509DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053509000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053509SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053509SCL-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="s2053509Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-3-53.4"><span class="s2053509SENU">32-3-53.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053509SENU">. </span><span class="s2053509CL">Trailer defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053509Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053509DefaultParagraphFont">For the purposes of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-3-53"><span class="s2053509DefaultParagraphFont">32-3-53</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053509DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-3-53.2"><span class="s2053509DefaultParagraphFont">32-3-53.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053509DefaultParagraphFont">, a trailer is any trailer as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-3-1"><span class="s2053509DefaultParagraphFont">32-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053509DefaultParagraphFont"> which has an actual weight of three thousand pounds or greater.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053509Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053509000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053509Normal"><span class="s2053509SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053509SCL-000002"> SL 1985, ch 239, § 8; SL 2011, ch 138, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>