Whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a highway whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in § 32-17-4, there shall be displayed upon such vehicle one or more lamps projecting a white or amber light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the front of such vehicle and projecting red light visible under like conditions from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear, except that no lights need be displayed upon any such vehicle when parked within the corporate limits of a municipality. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 32-17-27
Lights on parked vehicles--Color and visibility--Vehicles parked within municipality--Violation as misdemeanor
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Martin (1989)
Most recently applied in Gaillard v. Jim's Water Service, Inc. (August 2008)
Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0351; SL 1961, ch 230; SL 1963, ch 264; SL 1965, ch 196; SL 1989, ch 255, § 65.
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