South Dakota Statutes

§ 32-15-27 — Wheel weight, movement, and damping device requirements for vehicle suspension systems--Violation as petty offense.

South Dakota·Title 32 MOTOR VEHICLES·Ch. 32-11 VEHICLE AND ACCESSORY SPECIFICATIONS

No person may operate a motor vehicle required to be registered in this state which has an unloaded weight of six thousand pounds or less, other than a motorcycle, on a public highway, unless:

(1)The vehicle shall be constructed and loaded so that the weight on the wheels of any axle is not less than thirty percent of the gross weight of the vehicle;
(2)The vehicle shall have a suspension system that allows movement between the unsprung axle and wheel and the chassis body and shall be equipped with a damping device at each wheel location. A violation of this section is a petty offense.

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Related

Kuehl v. Horner (J.W.) Lumber Co.
2004 SD 48 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2004)
17 case citations

Legislative History

SL 1977, ch 260, § 1 (5), (6); SL 1989, ch 255, § 38.

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