The Department of Public Safety upon receipt of satisfactory evidence of the death of the person who signed the application of a minor for a driver license or nondriver identification card shall cancel the license or nondriver identification card and may not issue a new license or nondriver identification card until such time as a new application, duly signed and verified, is made as required by this chapter. This provision does not apply if the minor has attained the age of eighteen years.
S.D. Codified Laws § 32-12-8
Cancellation upon death of parental authority--New application
Source: SL 1959, ch 261, § 8; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.03B08; SL 1989, ch 265, § 10; SL 2001, ch 171, § 7; SL 2003, ch 272, § 23.
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