The application fee for an original driver license or a renewal of a driver license is thirty-eight dollars. The fee for a duplicate license, a name change, or an address change is twenty dollars. The fee must be credited to the state motor vehicle fund. Five dollars of every fee for an original or renewal license collected pursuant to this section must be used to administer the Division of Highway Patrol.

Source: SL 1959, ch 261 , § 33; SDC Supp 1960, § 44.03B30; SL 1964, ch 131 ; SL 1973, ch 202 ; SL 1974, ch 216 , § 1; SL 1977, ch 257 ; SL 1984, ch 30 , § 52; SL 1989, ch 266 ; SL 1994, ch 252 , § 1; SL 2001, ch, § 16; SL 2009, ch 152 , § 2; SL 2015, ch 167 , § 1; SL 2025, ch 120 , § 1.