Identifiable components may be assigned a VIN only when a manufacturer's number has been removed, altered, or defaced and the request results from a court directive, an enforcement document, or when the component has been impounded by a law enforcement agency.

Source: 13 SDR 59, effective November 27, 1986; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 134, effective July 1, 1987.

General Authority: SDCL 32-3-57.

Law Implemented: SDCL 32-3-22.