If the ownership of any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer passes by operation of law, judicial sale, repossession, or proceedings or in any other manner not provided for in this chapter, the owner may, upon furnishing satisfactory proof to the department of such ownership, procure a certificate of title to the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer regardless of whether a certificate of title has ever been issued. The burden of such satisfactory proof shall be on the applicant.
S.D. Codified Laws § 32-3-6
Ownership passing by operation of law--Burden of proof
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Pokela v. Dakotas United Methodist Federal Credit Union (In re Huyck) (1994)
Most recently applied in Pokela v. Dakotas United Methodist Federal Credit Union (In re Huyck) (May 1994)
Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0203 (2) as added by SL 1951, ch 229, § 3; SL 1965, ch 186, § 3; SL 1989, ch 257, § 10.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.