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S.D. Codified Laws § 32-15-38

Counterfeit airbags--Prohibition--Violation as misdemeanor

Source: SL 2023, ch 105, § 2.

No person may knowingly:

(1) Import, manufacture, sell, offer for sale, install, or reinstall in a motor vehicle a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, a nonfunctional airbag, or an object that does not comply with 49 C.F.R. § 571.208 as of September 26, 2022, for the make, model, and year of the motor vehicle;

(2) Sell, offer for sale, install, or reinstall in any motor vehicle a device that causes the diagnostic system of the motor vehicle to inaccurately indicate that the motor vehicle is equipped with a properly functioning airbag; and

(3) Sell, lease, trade, or transfer a motor vehicle if the person knows that a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, a nonfunctional airbag, or an object that does not comply with 49 C.F.R. § 571.208 as of September 26, 2022, for the make, model, and year of the motor vehicle, has been installed in the motor vehicle as part of the airbag.

A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.