32-4-3. Check of attorney general's files and examination of application before issuing certificate of title.Before issuing a certificate of title, as provided in chapter 32-3, the secretary of revenue shall check the motor and serial number on the motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to be registered against the attorney general's files. The Department of Revenue shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity, and legality of every application for registration of a vehicle or for a certificate of title therefore and may in all cases make investigation considered necessary or require additional information. The department shall reject any such application if it is not satisfied with the regularity, legality, the truthfulness of any statement, or for any other reason if authorized by law. Source: SDC 1939, §44.0210; SL 1965, ch 186, §8; SL 1983, ch 230, §3; SL 2004, ch 17, §46; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
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