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SB149 • 2026

exempt one motor vehicle of a debtor from being taken by legal process.

exempt one motor vehicle of a debtor from being taken by legal process.

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Sponsor
Larson
Last action
2026-01-28
Official status
Withdrawn at the Request of the Prime Sponsor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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exempt one motor vehicle of a debtor from being taken by legal process.

exempt one motor vehicle of a debtor from being taken by legal process.

What This Bill Does

  • exempt one motor vehicle of a debtor from being taken by legal process.
  • Official keyword topics: Debtor and Creditor Property Official sponsor note: Senator <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4781/Detail">Larson</a> (prime)

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-28 Senate

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary

  2. 2026-01-28 Senate

    Withdrawn at the Request of the Prime Sponsor

Official Summary Text

exempt one motor vehicle of a debtor from being taken by legal process.
Official keyword topics:
Debtor and Creditor
Property
Official sponsor note: Senator <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4781/Detail">Larson</a> (prime)

Current Bill Text

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26.656.15 101st Legislative Session 149

2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 149

Introduced by: Senator Larson

Underscores indicate new language.
Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
An Act to exempt one motor vehicle of a debtor from being taken by legal process. 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 2
Section 1. That § 43-45-2 be AMENDED: 3
43-45-2. The Except as otherwise provided by law, the following property 4
mentioned in this section is absolutely exempt from all such process, any levy, process, 5
or sale, except as otherwise provided by law: 6
(1) All of the debtor's family pictures; 7
(2) A pew or other sitting seating in any house of worship; 8
(3) A lot or lots in any burial ground; 9
(4) The debtor's family Bible and all schoolbooks used by the family, and all other 10
books used as a part of the family library, not exceeding in value two hundred 11
dollars in value; 12
(5) All wearing apparel and clothing of the debtor and his the debtor's family; 13
(6) The provisions for the debtor and his the debtor's family necessary for one year's 14
supply, either provided or growing, or both, and fuel necessary for one year; 15
(7) All property in this state of the judgment debtor if the there is a judgment is against 16
the debtor in favor of any state for failure to pay that state's income tax on benefits 17
received from a pension or other retirement plan while the judgment debtor was a 18
resident of this state; 19
(8) Any health aids aid professionally prescribed to the debtor or to a dependant a 20
dependent of the debtor; 21
(9) Any court ordered domestic support award of alimony, maintenance, or other 22
support of the debtor, which is not a gross or lump sum and does not exceed seven 23
hundred fifty dollars per month; and 24
(10) A debtor's interest in one motor vehicle, as defined in § 32-5-1, not to exceed five 25
thousand dollars in value over any security interests and liens upon on the vehicle. 26