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South Dakota

Not yet retrieved. Occupancy is listed. An ALPR-named highway form is not. Empty is honest. Do not fill it in from another state.

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Highway system
Primary
State trunk system: the highways designated by statute to be controlled and supervised by the Department of Transportation (SDCL 31-1-5(1)). The system shall be as designated by the Legislature in statute (SDCL 31-4-1). County highway system (board of county commissioners, approved by the Department), township highways, and county secondary highways are separate classes in 31-1-5(2)–(4). Do not merge city streets into the trunk system.
Owner
Primary
South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT). SDCL 31-1-5(1): the state trunk system is controlled and supervised by the Department of Transportation. SDCL 31-4-1: an existing highway segment may not be removed from the trunk system unless a transfer-of-maintenance agreement has been executed by the Department and the local government unit.
Right-of-way
Not retrieved
not packed as a width definition. South Dakota’s geometric ROW definition for the state trunk system is not packed. SDCL 31-1-1 defines “highway” (every way open to the public as of right for vehicular travel) — that is not a width. SDCL 31-19-1 authorizes the Department to acquire land or material for right-of-way by gift, purchase, or condemnation — that is acquisition, not a packed width. Do not substitute Florida § 334.03(21).
Public records
Primary
South Dakota Public Records Law (SDCL ch. 1-27; inspection 1-27-1; public records defined 1-27-1.1). Who may request: All citizens of this state, and all other persons interested in the examination of the public records, as defined in § 1-27-1.1, during the hours the respective offices are open for the ordinary transaction of business (SDCL 1-27-1). Each government entity or elected or appointed government official shall, during normal business hours, make available to the public for inspection and copying all public records held by that entity or official.
Open meetings
Primary
South Dakota Open Meetings Law (SDCL ch. 1-25; official meetings 1-25-1)

SDCL 1-25-1: an official meeting of a public body is open to the public unless a specific law is cited by the public body to close it. The public body shall reserve at every official meeting a period for public comment.

ALPR statute
None found
No enacted South Dakota ALPR-use or retention statute was retrieved. NCSL’s 3 Feb 2022 express-ALPR list does not include South Dakota. NYU Policing Project scorecard (alprscorecard.com, reported Aug 2026) lists South Dakota among states with “No ALPR statute” — secondary confirmation of absence, not a packed finding that none exists later. A May 2026 Gigafact / South Dakota News Watch fact brief reported none on the books. Attorney General Marty Jackley’s 12 Aug 2026 press release announces plans to propose 2027-session LPR safeguards (legitimate-LE use; destroy data unless relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation). That is a bill lead with no bill number; the 2026 session bills API (session 71, 666 titles) has no ALPR / license-plate-reader bill. Do not pack the Jackley proposal as alprStatute. Sioux Falls PD Policy #1036 (30-day local retention) is a city record, not a statewide statute.

A 2027 enactment would reopen this. Empty beats packing a proposal as law.

ROW permit
Primary
Permit to Occupy Right-of-Way (DOT-295) / Utility Permit Application (DOT-200) — not an ALPR-named instrument. Who may apply: SDDOT’s utility-coordination page: the Utility Permit “is to be completed by a Utility Company for approval to Occupy Highway Right-of-Way.” As noted there, SDCL 31-26-22: the owner of a utility submits a utility permit application to the applicable Area Engineer (Aberdeen, Mitchell, Pierre, Rapid City) for installation, relocation, and expansion of utility facilities on a state highway within the right of way. DOT-200 itself requests permission to construct and maintain a utility facility on public right-of-way in accordance with ARSD 70:04:05. DOT-295 is a generic occupy-ROW request (“I, the undersigned, request permission to occupy public right-of-way”). Neither form, nor the forms listing, nor the utility-coordination page names who may apply to place an ALPR. Do not import Florida GUP, Minnesota OLPA, or Utah Special Use.. Primary occupancy only. DOT-295 and DOT-200 do not name ALPR, LPR, camera, or public-safety sensor. Generic occupy-ROW / utility is not enough for the live gate. Unpublished: records are primary; no ALPR statute; no ALPR-named SDDOT instrument. Do not copy Florida GUP, Minnesota OLPA, Utah Special Use, or Johnson City TN.

Primary occupancy only. DOT-295 and DOT-200 do not name ALPR, LPR, camera, or public-safety sensor. Generic occupy-ROW / utility is not enough for the live gate. Unpublished: records are primary; no ALPR statute; no ALPR-named SDDOT instrument. Do not copy Florida GUP, Minnesota OLPA, Utah Special Use, or Johnson City TN.

https://dot.sd.gov/inside-sddot/forms-publications/forms

Install process in this state

No packed ALPR statute and no packed ALPR-named SDDOT form. Steps are negative findings, not an install recipe.

  1. This is South Dakota state trunk highway right-of-way under SDCL 31-1-5(1) / 31-4-1, controlled and supervised by SDDOT. County, township, and city streets are not that system. Do not import FAC 14-20.010, MnDOT OLPA, or UDOT Special Use.
  2. No statewide ALPR-use or retention statute was retrieved. Attorney General Marty Jackley’s 12 Aug 2026 announcement is a plan to propose 2027-session legislation, not packed law. Do not invent a retention period from Sioux Falls PD Policy #1036 (city, 30 days).
  3. SDDOT’s retrieved instruments are DOT-295 (Permit to Occupy Right-of-Way) and DOT-200 (Utility Permit Application, utility company → Area Engineer, SDCL 31-26-22 / ARSD 70:04:05). Neither names ALPR. Empty beats treating occupy-ROW or a utility permit as the camera install path.
  4. City or county ALPR buys still produce public-records / open-meetings files under SDCL 1-27-1 and 1-25-1 at the auditor, purchasing, and police desks. That is not an SDDOT install pack.
  5. Do not copy Johnson City, Tennessee contract terms, FDOT EOM 26-01, Minnesota OLPA, or Utah ALPRS Special Use into this pack.

Not retrieved

Where to ask

  • Government entity or elected/appointed official holding the record (SDCL 1-27-1)

    Public records of that entity or official; inspection during normal business hours

  • City or county auditor / finance officer

    Minutes, resolutions, vote records (SDCL 1-25-1 official meetings)

  • Purchasing / finance

    Vendor contract, amendments, invoices — if a contract exists. None packed.

  • Police records

    Local use policy and logs if created (e.g. Sioux Falls Policy #1036 is a city file) — no statewide ALPR-file mandate packed

  • SDDOT Area Engineer / Transportation Utilities Coordinator

    DOT-200 utility-permit or DOT-295 occupy-ROW file if one was issued — not an ALPR-named file

SupportedEvidence
South Dakota has no packed statewide ALPR-use or retention statute as of 1 Sept 2026.

Supported as a none-found hunt (NCSL 2022; 2026 session titles; AG proposal is not enrolled). Scorecard is secondary. A 2027 enactment would reopen this.

sd-ncsl · sd-bills-71 · sd-ag-lpr

UnprovenAssumption
SDDOT’s occupy-ROW (DOT-295) or utility permit (DOT-200) is an ALPR right-of-way instrument.

Those forms and the utility-coordination page do not name ALPR. Generic occupancy is not enough for the live gate.

sd-forms · sd-util-coord · sd-dot-295 · sd-dot-200

DisputedAssumption
Attorney General Marty Jackley’s August 2026 LPR announcement is South Dakota’s ALPR statute.

The 12 Aug 2026 press release is a plan to propose 2027-session legislation. No bill number. Not packed as alprStatute.

sd-ag-lpr · sd-bills-71

Sources in this pack

  • SDCL 1-27-1 — Public records open to inspection and copying primary

    South Dakota Legislative Research Council · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/1-27-1

    LRC API 1-27-1.html?all=true. Citizens and all other persons interested; normal business hours.

  • SDCL 1-27-1.1 — Public records defined primary

    South Dakota Legislative Research Council · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/1-27-1.1
  • SDCL 1-25-1 — Official meetings open to the public primary

    South Dakota Legislative Research Council · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/1-25-1
  • SDCL 31-4-1 — State trunk highway system designated by Legislature primary

    South Dakota Legislative Research Council · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/31-4-1
  • SDCL ch. 31-1 — Definitions and classes of highways primary

    South Dakota Legislative Research Council · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/31-1

    31-1-1 highway defined. Not a ROW width.

  • SDCL 31-1-5 — Administrative systems of highways — Classification primary

    South Dakota Legislative Research Council · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/31-1-5

    Subsection (1): state trunk system controlled and supervised by the Department of Transportation.

  • SDCL 31-19-1 — Right-of-way and borrow pit — Purchase or condemnation primary

    South Dakota Legislative Research Council · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/31-19-1

    Acquisition authority. Not packed as a ROW width definition.

  • SDCL 31-26-22 — Electrical lines, pipelines, communication lines and other utilities — Permits — Rules primary

    South Dakota Legislative Research Council · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/31-26-22

    Transportation Commission may promulgate rules; Department may issue permits for utilities on highways under its jurisdiction. Cited on SDDOT’s utility-coordination page. Not an ALPR statute.

  • SDDOT Forms — Permit to Occupy the Right-of-Way and Utility Permit Application primary

    South Dakota Department of Transportation · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://dot.sd.gov/inside-sddot/forms-publications/forms

    Forms listing. No ALPR, LPR, camera, or public-safety-sensor type.

  • SDDOT Utility Coordination — Utility Permit / Area Engineer primary

    South Dakota Department of Transportation · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://dot.sd.gov/doing-business/engineering-design-services/utility-coordination/

    Quotes SDCL 31-26-22. Utility company applies to Area Engineer. “Completed by a Utility Company for approval to Occupy Highway Right-of-Way.” Does not name ALPR.

  • DOT-295 — Permit to Occupy Right-of-Way primary

    South Dakota Department of Transportation · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://dot.sd.gov/media/o5eexbua/dot-295-permit-to-occupy-row.pdf

    Generic occupy-ROW. Does not name ALPR. Failure to accomplish occupancy per the permit renders it null and void — not packed as an ALPR revocation clause.

  • DOT-200 — Application for Utility Permit primary

    South Dakota Department of Transportation · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://dot.sd.gov/media/shrbdebq/dot-200-utility-permit-application.pdf

    Construct and maintain a utility facility on public ROW in accordance with ARSD 70:04:05. Utility company. Does not name ALPR.

  • Automated License Plate Readers: State Statutes (updated 3 Feb 2022) secondary

    National Conference of State Legislatures · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/automated-license-plate-readers-state-statutes

    Sixteen states with express ALPR statutes. South Dakota is not on the list.

  • Attorney General Jackley Seeks Legislative Safeguards For Law Enforcement Use of License Plate Readers primary

    South Dakota Attorney General · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://atg.sd.gov/OurOffice/Media/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=3134

    12 Aug 2026. Plans to propose legislation — not enrolled SDCL. No bill number. Do not pack as alprStatute.

  • 2026 Legislative Session bills API (session 71) primary

    South Dakota Legislative Research Council · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Bills/Session/71

    666 bill titles. No ALPR / license-plate-reader / surveillance-camera title. Physical license-plate fee/decal bills are not ALPR.

  • License Plate Reader Policy Scorecard — South Dakota: No ALPR statute secondary

    NYU Policing Project (alprscorecard.com) · accessed 2026-09-01

    https://alprscorecard.com/

    Secondary absence list. Not packed as a finding that no statute can later exist.

What was checked

  1. 2026-09-01

    https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/1-27-1.html?all=true and /1-27-1.1.html?all=true and /1-25-1.html?all=true

    Primary LRC API: 1-27-1 inspection by all citizens and all other persons interested; 1-27-1.1 public records defined; 1-25-1 official meetings open unless a specific law is cited.

  2. 2026-09-01

    https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/31-4-1.html?all=true and /31-1.html?all=true and /31-1-5.html?all=true and /31-19-1.html?all=true and /31-26-22.html?all=true

    Primary: 31-4-1 Legislature designates the trunk system; 31-1-5(1) trunk system controlled and supervised by the Department (body retrieved, not CSS-blocked); 31-1-1 highway defined (not a ROW width); 31-19-1 ROW acquisition; 31-26-22 Transportation Commission rules / Department permits for utilities on highways under its jurisdiction.

  3. 2026-09-01

    https://dot.sd.gov/inside-sddot/forms-publications/forms ; DOT-295 PDF; DOT-200 PDF; https://dot.sd.gov/doing-business/engineering-design-services/utility-coordination/

    Primary SDDOT: forms list names Permit to Occupy the Right-of-Way and Utility Permit Application (no ALPR/LPR/camera). Utility-coordination page retrieved (not empty): SDCL 31-26-22; utility company → Area Engineer; “completed by a Utility Company for approval to Occupy Highway Right-of-Way.” DOT-295 generic occupy; DOT-200 utility facility / ARSD 70:04:05. Site search of dot.sd.gov for ALPR/LPR/plate reader returned no permit type.

  4. 2026-09-01

    Enacted SDCL ALPR hunt: NCSL 3 Feb 2022; NYU Policing Project scorecard (alprscorecard.com); LRC / 2026 session bills API (session 71, 666 titles); AG Jackley 12 Aug 2026 press release; Gigafact May 2026 fact brief; Sioux Falls PD ALPR page

    None found as enrolled SDCL. NCSL 2022 omits SD. Scorecard: “No ALPR statute” (secondary). Session 71 titles: no ALPR/LPR bill (only physical license-plate titles). Jackley 12 Aug 2026 is a plan to propose 2027-session legislation — no bill number, not packed as law. Sioux Falls Policy #1036 is city. Packed cite: null. Status unpublished.

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