37-17-1
Sale after removal or alteration of serial number as misdemeanor or felony.
37-17-2
Manufacturer or importer permitted to renumber farm machinery or parts.
37-17-3
Farmers exempt when disposing of implements.
37-17-1. Sale after removal or alteration of serial number as misdemeanor or felony.
Any person who knowingly sells or offers for sale any agricultural implement, farm tractor, or other type of farm machinery or equipment, or radio, piano, phonograph, sewing machine, washing machine, typewriter, adding machine, comptometer, bicycle, firearm, safe, vacuum cleaner, dictating machine, tape recorder, watch, watch movement, watch case, or any mechanical or electrical device, appliance, contrivance, material, piece of apparatus, or equipment, which is identified by a serial number placed thereon by the manufacturer, the original serial number of which has been destroyed, removed, altered, covered, or defaced, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor if the value of the property is four hundred dollars or less. If the value of the property is more than four hundred dollars and less than one thousand dollars, such person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. If the value of the property is one thousand dollars or greater, such person is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
Source: SL 1951, ch 261; SDC Supp 1960, § 54.1102; SL 1966, ch 156; SL 1977, ch 190, § 275; SL 2006, ch 130, § 15.
37-17-2. Manufacturer or importer permitted to renumber farm machinery or parts.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent any manufacturer or importer, or his agents, other than dealers, from doing his own numbering on agricultural implements, farm tractors, or other type of farm machinery or equipment, or parts, removed or changed, and replacing the numbered parts.
Source: SL 1951, ch 261; SDC Supp 1960, § 54.1102; SL 1966, ch 156.
37-17-3. Farmers exempt when disposing of implements.
This chapter shall not apply to farmers who may want to dispose of agricultural implements either privately or at a public auction unless they are dealing in farm implements for profit.
Source: SL 1951, ch 261; SDC Supp 1960, § 54.1102; SL 1966, ch 156.
