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Vehicle Registration & Titles in Potter County, SD

Fees for this service are set by state statute. Here's what to expect in Potter County.

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Potter 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 Potter 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 Potter County:Potter County Driver License Office (a county issue location) — County Extension Office, 205 West Commercial Ave Northeast Suite, Gettysburg, SD 57442 · 605-765-9414 · W: 9 AM - 3:30 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) 765-9403

📋Office Information

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Office

County Treasurer

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Not printed: street address, hours, website.

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Phone

(605) 765-9403

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Mailing Address

201 S Exene St., Gettysburg, SD 57442

Where this came from

Mailing address, phone from the South Dakota Department of Revenue, Contact County Treasurers (undated), not from a page of the office's own.
Street address: DOR directory physical-address column empty for Potter.
Hours: not in directory.
Website: Potter 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")

Call the County Treasurer's office for its address and hours.

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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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