If any operator of a motor vehicle in this state who has been requested to submit to a chemical test fails to invoke the provision in § 32-23-11 which permits him to refuse to submit to a test, then the failure to invoke the provision permitting a refusal to submit to a test shall constitute consent and authority to administer a test notwithstanding the age of the operator of the motor vehicle.
S.D. Codified Laws § 32-23-13
Failure to invoke refusal procedure as permission to make chemical analysis
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Hartman (1977)
Most recently applied in State v. Fischer (January 1986)
Source: SL 1959, ch 264, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.0302-2; SL 1971, ch 193, § 1; SL 1982, ch 246, § 4.
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