SB23Enacted
include certain types of vehicles in the unpaid repair bill titling process.
This bill expands South Dakota's unpaid repair bill process to cover more types of vehicles beyond just motor vehicles—now including boats, mopeds, motorcycles, off-road vehicles, snowmobiles, and trailers. A repair shop or property owner holding one of these unclaimed vehicles can now apply for a title after sending written notice to the owner and waiting 30 days, the same process that already existed for regular cars. The bill essentially gives the same legal path to ownership for a wider range of vehicles when owners abandon them without paying repair bills.