Every person, corporation, or limited liability company desiring to operate a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer as a motor carrier of property on the public highways of this state shall choose and fix at the time of registration the maximum gross weight of the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, without regard to the manufacturer's rated carrying capacity of the vehicle.
S.D. Codified Laws § 32-9-13
Registration of maximum gross weight of vehicle
Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0424; SL 2014, ch 139, § 12.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.