Section 34-20B-72 - Stolen or rented conveyances exempt from forfeiture.
34-20B-72. Stolen or rented conveyances exempt from forfeiture. Notwithstanding subdivision 34-20B-70(4), no conveyance shall be forfeited under the provisions of §§ 34-20B-74 to 34-20B-89, inclusive, by reason of any act or omission established by the owner thereof to have been committed or omitted by any person other than such owner while such conveyance was unlawfully in the possession of a person other than the owner in violation of the criminal laws of the United States, or of any state, or while such conveyance was rented or leased from an automobile dealer or a leasing or rental agency and said dealer or agency had no knowledge that such conveyance transported, possessed, or concealed marijuana in excess of one-half pound or any quantity of any other property described in subdivisions 34-20B-70(1) and (2) or was being used or intended for use, to transport or in any manner facilitate the transportation, sale, receipt, possession, or concealment of said marijuana or other property.
Source: SL 1970, ch 229, § 11 (e) (1); SDCL Supp, § 39-17-131; SL 1974, ch 270; SL 1985, ch 279, § 5.