64:06:03:15Farm machinery.

A farm machine is a mechanical unit purchased and used directly and principally for agricultural purposes and includes those items commonly and usually referred to as farm machinery and attachment units. Farm machinery does not include motor vehicles or equipment otherwise licensed or taxed by the state of South Dakota. Tools, shop equipment, grain bins, feed bunks, fencing materials, snowmobiles, and lawn mowers are not farm machines. Grain storage facilities, barn cleaners, milking systems, and automatic feeding systems which are installed and become part of real property are not farm machines and the installation of these systems is subject to contractors' excise tax under 10-46A.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 134, effective July 1, 1987; 21 SDR 219, effective July 1, 1995; 32 SDR 58, adopted October 5, 2005, effective January 1, 2006; 32 SDR 225, effective July 3, 2006.