South Dakota statute
SDCL § 32-34-10 — Duty of law enforcement officer upon receipt of notice of accident--Report to department
Current through text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session)
Part of Chapter 34: Accidents And Accident Reports, South Dakota Codified Laws.
Full text of SDCL § 32-34-10
Statutory text current through the text effective June 30, 2026 (through the 2025 Regular Session). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of South Dakota.
Each law enforcement officer or other person assigned by a law enforcement agency to investigate traffic accidents shall, after receiving notice that an accident described in § 32-34-7 occurred, cause a notice to be affixed in a manner prescribed by the secretary of public safety to the vehicle damaged, indicating that the accident has been reported and the circumstances surrounding the accident are being investigated. The law enforcement officer or other person assigned by a law enforcement agency to investigate traffic accidents shall forward to the Department of Public Safety, within three days after completion of the investigation of the accident, an investigator's report of the accident so reported. After July 1, 2013, any law enforcement officer or other person assigned by a law enforcement agency to investigate traffic accidents and complete a report pursuant to § 32-34-7 is required to file the report by electronic means with the department if the submissions pursuant to § 32-34-7 for that law enforcement agency total more than sixty reports during the prior calendar year.
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