<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 32-35-113 - Maintenance of financial responsibility--Violation as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2055303Normal { 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.s2055303SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2055303CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2055303Normal-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; 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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="s2055303Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-35-113"><span class="s2055303SENU">32-35-113</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055303SENU">. </span><span class="s2055303CL">Maintenance of financial responsibility--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055303Normal-000000"><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">Every driver or owner of a motor vehicle shall at all times maintain in force one of the forms of financial responsibility on the motor vehicle by one of the following methods:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055303Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Having in force on the motor vehicle an owner's policy of liability insurance as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-35-70"><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">32-35-70</span></a><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055303Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Having in force a bond as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-35-83"><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">32-35-83</span></a><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055303Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Having a certificate of deposit of money or securities as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-35-87"><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">32-35-87</span></a><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">, but in the amount of fifty thousand dollars; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055303Normal-000001"><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Having a certificate of self</span><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">insurance, as provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-35-90"><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">32-35-90</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=32-35-91"><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">32-35-91</span></a><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">, supplemented by an agreement by the self</span><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">insurer that, with respect to accidents occurring while the certificate is in force, he will pay the same amounts that an insurer would have been obligated to pay under an owner's motor vehicle liability policy if it had issued such a policy to said self</span><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">insurer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055303Normal-000003"><span class="s2055303DefaultParagraphFont">Failure to maintain financial responsibility is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055303Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055303000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2055303Normal"><span class="s2055303SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2055303SCL-000005"> SL 1986, ch 269, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>