P ark entrance license fees are as follows:

1. (1) The fee for an annual park entrance license for a resident is forty dollars. For a nonresident, the fee is sixty dollars;
2. (2) The fee for two annual park entrance licenses, if purchased together, is sixty dollars for residents. For nonresidents, the fee is ninety dollars;
3. (3) The fee for a transferable annual park entrance license for a resident is ninety dollars;
4. (4) The temporary park entrance license fee at Custer State Park is twenty-five dollars for a vehicle or twenty dollars for a motorcycle, and is valid in any state park or recreation area for seven consecutive days from the date of purchase;
5. (5) Except at Custer State Park, the daily park entrance license fee is ten dollars per vehicle for residents, and fifteen dollars for nonresidents;
6. (6) For a vehicle that does not have a valid park entrance license displayed as required in § 41:03:03:02, the operator or the registered owner of the vehicle shall pay twenty dollars for a daily park entrance license for each day the vehicle is in the park, except at Custer State Park where the fee is twenty-five dollars. The operator or registered owner may apply the entire amount of the cost of the daily park entrance license toward the purchase of an annual park entrance license;
7. (7) In lieu of the annual, daily, or temporary park entrance license fee, each person, except the driver and step-on guide, occupying a commercial motorcoach with a seating capacity of eight people or more in any state park or recreation area, must pay a park entrance license fee of four dollars per person per day; and
8. (8) Any group or organization that hosts a private, one-day event at any state park or recreation area may pay, in lieu of any other park entrance license fee, a special one-day events park entrance license fee of one hundred dollars for each increment of fifty attendees, or any portion thereof. The fee is payable in advance and no partial refunds may be given. The fee does not extend overnight. One-day events must have written consent of the park manager at least fifteen days prior to the event. Organized or hosted special one-day events are limited to weddings, wedding receptions, meetings, class or family reunions, corporate or organizational picnics, and banquets.

Source: 10 SDR 120, effective May 16, 1984; 11 SDR 69, effective November 21, 1984; 12 SDR 151, effective March 16, 1986; 13 SDR 128, effective March 22, 1987; 15 SDR 139, effective March 20, 1989; 16 SDR 114, effective January 18, 1990; 16 SDR 135, effective February 18, 1990; 17 SDR 78, effective December 10, 1990; 17 SDR 170, effective May 14, 1991; 18 SDR 223, effective July 13, 1992; 19 SDR 82, effective December 7, 1992; 20 SDR 87, effective December 13, 1993; 20 SDR 150, effective March 23, 1994; 21 SDR 86, effective November 10, 1994, and May 1, 1995; 22 SDR 89, effective December 26, 1995; 25 SDR 108, effective February 28, 1999; 26 SDR 85, effective December 26, 1999; subdivision (5), adopted December 26, 1999, effective May 1, 2000; 26 SDR 162, effective June 14, 2000; 27 SDR 85, effective February 26, 2001; 28 SDR 103, effective January 30, 2002; 29 SDR 147, effective May 6, 2003; 30 SDR 99, effective December 22, 2003; 32 SDR 31, effective August 29, 2005; 33 SDR 225, effective June 25, 2007; 34 SDR 179, effective December 24, 2007; 35 SDR 184, effective February 2, 2009; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010; 37 SDR 112, effective December 8, 2010; 38 SDR 213, effective June 19, 2012; 39 SDR 100, effective December 3, 2012; 42 SDR 97, effective January 5, 2016 ; 44 SDR 93, effective December 4, 2017 ; 46 SDR 74, effective December 2, 2019 ; 51 SDR 13, effective August 14, 2024; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024 .

General Authority: SDCL 41-17-13 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-17-13 .

Prior versions effective: 2024-08-14, 2019-12-02, 2017-12-04, 2016-01-05, 2012-12-03.