South Dakota § 32-5-89.3 - Application for personalized plates--Fees--Validation each year with stickers--Fee disposition.
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§ 32-5-89.3. Application for personalized plates--Fees--Validation each year with stickers--Fee disposition.
Application for special personalized license plates shall be made on forms prescribed by the secretary. Upon the receipt of a properly completed application form and payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars for any motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, the department shall order the special plates. The fee for a personalized license plate for a motorcycle is twenty dollars. Upon issuance of the personalized license plates, the owner shall display the special plates on the assigned vehicle.
Personalized license plates shall be validated with stickers and are valid only for the registration year for which the stickers are issued. The annual fee for personalized license plate validation stickers for a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle is twenty-five dollars. The annual fee for a personalized license plate validation sticker for a motorcycle is twenty dollars. During the year originally issued, the personalized license metal plate fee includes the cost of that year's validation sticker. The fees for personalized plates and validation stickers shall be credited to a fund to be known as the license plate special revenue fund.
Source: SL 1977, ch 250, § 2; SL 1982, ch 18, § 16; SL 1984, ch 218, § 1; SL 1985, ch 245, § 3; SL 1989, ch 255, § 20; SL 1989, ch 257, § 87; SL 1989, ch 260, § 2; SL 1992, ch 208, § 6; SL 1996, ch 194, § 1; SL 2007, ch 173, § 29.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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