CHAPTER 185

(SB 72)

Possessory lien on motor vehicles
to cover costs of towing and storage limited.

         ENTITLED, An Act to  revise certain provisions regarding the liens on vehicles for the costs of removal and storage of the vehicles.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  That § 32-30-18 be amended to read as follows:

     32-30-18.   The sheriff, law enforcement officer, or towing agency taking custody of any vehicle under the provisions of §§ 32-30-12 to 32-30-15, inclusive, 32-30-19, and 32-36-4 has a possessory lien on the vehicle and the contents of the vehicle for the reasonable costs in taking custody and storing of the vehicle which . No lien on the contents of the vehicle may not exceed five hundred dollars. No possessory lien attaches to the tools and implements which a person uses and keeps for the purpose of carrying on his or her trade or business or to any clothing or food.

     Signed February 14, 2007

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