The inspectors of the Department of Public Safety or any law enforcement officer may require the driver of a commercial vehicle to stop a vehicle at any time for inspection to determine if the provisions of this chapter are being complied with. Any driver who fails to stop and submit the driver's vehicle to such inspection is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 49-28-66
Stopping of vehicles to determine compliance--Failure to stop as misdemeanor
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. Rechtenbach (2002)
Most recently applied in State v. Klager (March 2011)
Source: SL 1971, ch 261, § 2; SL 1983, ch 15, § 111; SL 1983, ch 335, § 31; SL 1985, ch 374, § 48; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex
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