32-3-5. Sale without delivering certificate of title--Purchase without obtaining certificate of title--Temporary use--Time limit--Violation as misdemeanor.
No person, except as provided in §32-3-6 shall sell or otherwise dispose of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer without delivering to the purchaser or transferee a certificate of title showing assignment to the purchaser, and indicating the date of purchase. No person may purchase or otherwise acquire or bring into this state a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer except for temporary use not to exceed a period of ninety days, unless he has obtained a certificate of title for the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer in his name as in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Failure to comply with this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: SDC 1939, §44.0202 (3) as added by SL 1951, ch 229, §2; SL 1957, ch 214; SL 1965, ch 184; SL 1965, ch 186, §2; SL 1989, ch 257, §8.