S.D. Codified Laws § 32-15-38

Current with legislation signed by the governor on or before 3/6/2024

Section 32-15-38 - Counterfeit airbags-Prohibition-Violation as misdemeanor

No person may knowingly:

(1) Import, manufacture, sell, offer for sale, install, or reinstall in a motor vehicle a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, a nonfunctional airbag, or an object that does not comply with 49 C.F.R. § 571.208 as of September 26, 2022, for the make, model, and year of the motor vehicle;

(2) Sell, offer for sale, install, or reinstall in any motor vehicle a device that causes the diagnostic system of the motor vehicle to inaccurately indicate that the motor vehicle is equipped with a properly functioning airbag; and

(3) Sell, lease, trade, or transfer a motor vehicle if the person knows that a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, a nonfunctional airbag, or an object that does not comply with 49 C.F.R. § 571.208 as of September 26, 2022, for the make, model, and year of the motor vehicle, has been installed in the motor vehicle as part of the airbag.

A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

SDCL 32-15-38

SL 2023, ch 105, §2.

Added by S.L. 2023, ch. 105,s. 2, eff. 7/1/2023.