What South Dakota law says about red light photo monitoring devices, interstate compacts, and school bus video
This page quotes seven sections of the South Dakota Codified Laws (SDCL): sections 32-28-17 to 32-28-19, on photo monitoring devices to detect red light violations; sections 32-28-20 to 32-28-22, on interstate compacts and information used to impose or collect a civil fine; and section 32-32-17, on external video systems on school buses. It quotes all of the text of each section, with its official catchline and its source note. It does not apply any of this text to any notice. Confirm what your paper says.
The sources quoted on this page do not say whether any South Dakota authority uses a photo monitoring device, a red light camera, or a speed camera, and they do not say whether any school bus has an external video system. This page does not say that any notice is mailed.
A South Dakota speeding citation that an officer hands to the driver is a different paper. See What a South Dakota speeding ticket is.
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The SDCL text below is quoted from the South Dakota Legislature’s website (sdlegislature.gov), as retrieved on 3 Nov 2026. On that website each section is printed with its section number, a catchline, the text, and a source note; this page labels each catchline as the official catchline and quotes it as printed.
What SDCL 32-28-17 to 32-28-19 say about photo monitoring devices to detect red light violations
SDCL 32-28-17, official catchline: “Photo monitoring devices to detect red light violations prohibited.”
SDCL 32-28-17: “No state, county, municipal, or township authority may contract with any private corporation to provide for the use of any photo monitoring device to detect any red light violation.”
SDCL 32-28-17, source note: “Source: SL 2014, ch 154, § 1.”
SDCL 32-28-18, official catchline: “Photo monitoring device defined.”
SDCL 32-28-18: “For the purposes of § 32-28-17, the term, photo monitoring device, means a stationary, unmanned device used with a lighted traffic control device to detect a red light violation combined with a photographic identification of the vehicle which results in the issuance of a citation against the registrant, rather than the driver, of the vehicle.”
SDCL 32-28-18, source note: “Source: SL 2014, ch 154, § 2.”
SDCL 32-28-19, official catchline: “General law of state.”
SDCL 32-28-19: “Sections 32-28-17 and 32-28-18 constitute a general law of the state within the meaning of S.D. Const., Article IX, § 2.”
SDCL 32-28-19, source note: “Source: SL 2014, ch 154, § 3.”
That is the statute’s statement. Section 32-28-18, quoted above, defines “photo monitoring device” for the purposes of section 32-28-17. This page does not say whether section 32-28-17 applies to devices not provided by contract with a private corporation. This page does not quote S.D. Const., Article IX, § 2, which section 32-28-19 names. This page does not say how any of this text applies to a particular notice or citation.
What SDCL 32-28-20 to 32-28-22 say about interstate compacts and civil fine information
SDCL 32-28-20, official catchline: “Definitions regarding limitations on interstate compacts relating to red light and speed cameras.”
SDCL 32-28-20: “Terms used in §§ 32-28-21 and 32-28-22 mean:”
- (1) “"Interstate compact," a voluntary arrangement between two or more states that becomes the law of each state;”
- (2) “"Red light camera," an automated camera used to capture an image of a vehicle entering an intersection when the traffic light is signaling red;”
- (3) “"Speed camera," an automated camera used to measure and record the speed of vehicles for the purpose of capturing an image of a vehicle that is traveling in excess of the posted speed limit;”
- (4) “"Civil fine," a financial penalty imposed by a governmental entity that is imposed without proving the violation, beyond a reasonable doubt, to a court of law or duly impaneled jury.”
SDCL 32-28-20, source note: “Source: SL 2014, ch 155, § 1.”
That is the statute’s statement. Section 32-28-20 defines these terms for sections 32-28-21 and 32-28-22, both quoted below.
SDCL 32-28-21, official catchline: “Prohibition on interstate compacts to provide information to impose or collect civil fine for violation captured by red light or speed camera.”
SDCL 32-28-21: “The Department of Public Safety and the Division of Motor Vehicles shall not enter into any compact to provide to another state, or governmental entity located in another state, information used to impose or collect a civil fine that results from an alleged violation captured by a red light camera or speed camera.”
SDCL 32-28-21, source note: “Source: SL 2014, ch 155, § 2.”
That is the statute’s statement. Section 32-28-21 is about entering into a compact. Section 32-28-22, quoted next, is about providing information through an existing interstate compact, and it refers to information provided “through any existing interstate compact that does not specifically allow, or require, information to be shared for that explicit purpose.” This page does not say how sections 32-28-21 and 32-28-22 apply together.
SDCL 32-28-22, official catchline: “Restriction on providing information to impose or collect civil fine for violation captured by red light or speed camera pursuant to interstate compact.”
SDCL 32-28-22: “The Department of Public Safety and the Division of Motor Vehicles shall not provide information used to impose or collect a civil fine that results from a violation captured by a red light camera or speed camera through any existing interstate compact that does not specifically allow, or require, information to be shared for that explicit purpose.”
SDCL 32-28-22, source note: “Source: SL 2014, ch 155, § 3.”
That is the statute’s statement. This page does not say whether any interstate compact exists, what any compact allows or requires, or whether any information is or is not provided in a particular case. This page does not say how any of this text applies to a notice issued in another state.
What SDCL 32-32-17 says about external video systems on school buses
SDCL 32-32-17, official catchline: “External video system--Recordings discoverable, admissible--System installation.”
SDCL 32-32-17, paragraph 1: “If any school bus, as defined in § 32-32-1, is transporting students enrolled in a school district in this state and is equipped with an external video system capable of recording traffic activity around the bus, any recording from that video system is discoverable and may be entered into evidence in any civil or criminal action.”
SDCL 32-32-17, paragraph 2: “No district or bus company is required to install an external video system under § 32-32-6 or this section.”
SDCL 32-32-17, source note: “Source: SL 2025, ch 131, § 2.”
That is the statute’s statement. This page quotes both paragraphs of section 32-32-17. This page does not quote sections 32-32-1 and 32-32-6, which section 32-32-17 names. This page does not say whether any school bus has an external video system, and it does not say how any recording is used in a particular case.
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Sources retrieved 3 Nov 2026:
- https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/32-28-17.html
- https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/32-28-18.html
- https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/32-28-19.html
- https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/32-28-20.html
- https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/32-28-21.html
- https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/32-28-22.html
- https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/32-32-17.html
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Information on this page was last checked against official sources on November 7, 2026.