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Vehicle Registration & Titles in Faulk County, SD
Fees for this service are set by state statute. Here's what to expect in Faulk County.
🚗DOR fees ↗
Faulk County Treasurer — vehicle titles and registration
For the South Dakota Department of Revenue · SDCL 32-3-18, 32-5-2
$10.00title application · plus 4% excise tax on the purchase price
“Application for a certificate of title shall be made to the county treasurer”, with a fee of ten dollars (SDCL 32-3-18), and an owner registers a vehicle with the treasurer of the owner's county (SDCL 32-5-2). A purchase also carries the motor vehicle excise tax, “four percent on the purchase price” (SDCL 32-5B-1). The Department of Revenue says renewal “can be accomplished in person at the applicant's county treasurer's office; by mail through the county”, among other ways.
Registration is priced by weight and age
For a noncommercial car, pickup or van, SDCL 32-5-6 sets the yearly fee by the manufacturer's shipping weight: 2,000 lb or less $36 · 2,001–4,000 lb $72 · 4,001–6,000 lb $108 · over 6,000 lb $144. A vehicle ten or more model years old pays 70% of that (SDCL 32-5-30). Motor homes, trailers, motorcycles and heavier vehicles have their own schedules. The Department of Revenue also lists a $1 highway patrol fee, a $1 solid waste fee and a $2 technology fee on each registration, and a $100 yearly fee for an electric vehicle (SDCL 32-5-188). Many counties add a wheel tax, which the Department lists county by county.
Other title fees
Noting a lien on a title is $10.00, charged by the county treasurer (SDCL 32-3-45). Mailing plates is $12.00 and mailing decals $2.50 (SDCL 32-5-127).
Driver licenses in Faulk County — a state service
Driver licenses are issued by the Department of Public Safety, not by the County Treasurer. The Department's own list of driver license sites, read 2026-09-25, shows this site in Faulk County:Faulk County Driver License Office (a county issue location) — Treasurer, 110 9th Ave, PO Box 309, Faulkton, SD 57438 · 605-598-6221 · Th: 9 AM - 4:30 PM; By appointment onlyThe Department says of each county issue location: “This location is not a state exam station and cannot serve non-citizens or first-time CDL applicants.”Department of Public Safety — driver license locations ↗
🌐South Dakota Department of Revenue — Title, Fees & RegistrationEvery fee, and the weight tables↗📋County wheel tax, county by countySouth Dakota Department of Revenue↗
📞Call the County Treasurer before you go: (605) 598-6232
📋Office Information
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Office
County Treasurer
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Not printed: hours, website.
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Office Address
110 9th Ave. S, Faulkton, SD 57438
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Phone
(605) 598-6232✉️
Mailing Address
PO Box 309, Faulkton, SD 57438
Where this came from
- Street address, mailing address, phone from the South Dakota Department of Revenue, Contact County Treasurers (undated), not from a page of the office's own.
- Hours: no directory publishes Treasurer hours.
- Website: Faulk County publishes no website (the South Dakota Association of County Officials' county list gives it no link, and says counties without one "do not maintain a website")
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Fees confirmed by state statute
Contact info sourced from official county records. Always call ahead to confirm hours and payment methods before visiting.
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