It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to operate or move, or cause to be operated or moved, upon any public highway on the state trunk system, any load, including farm machinery or implements of husbandry, which exceed the width limitations prescribed by § 32-22-3 during the period of day between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise on the following day.
S.D. Codified Laws § 32-22-2
Movement of load or wide farm machinery during darkness as misdemeanor
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Corey v. Kocer (1972)
Most recently applied in State v. Geise (December 2002)
Source: SL 1949, ch 39; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.0336-1; SL 1978, ch 158, § 45; SL 1984, ch 230, § 2; SL 1987, ch 234, § 1; SL 1991, ch 258, § 1.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.