South Dakota legal term
Vehicle in South Dakota Criminal Law
Current through 2026 South Dakota legislative session
In South Dakota criminal law, “Vehicle” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the South Dakota criminal code.
What does “Vehicle” mean in South Dakota criminal law?
(6) "Vehicle," a conveyance of any kind, whether motorized or not, which is designed to transport people or property. (SDCL § 22-18-3.1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Driver under age of twenty-one operating vehicle after alcohol or drug consumption
- Duty of occupant of vehicle to give notice where driver is physically incapable
- Duty to stop after accident with unattended vehicle or property
- Hit and run accident resulting in death or injury as felony
- Immediate report to police authority when persons entitled to receive information are disabled
- Information furnished by driver involved in property damage accident
- Information required for sex offender registration
- Reckless driving
- Sex offender to report change in vehicle registration
- Standing on highway with intent to impede or stop traffic
- Street racing
- Throwing substance upon public ways or at vehicles as misdemeanor
Related terms in the same statutes
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