Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 34-20B-70(4) or 22-24A-15(4), no conveyance used by any person as a common carrier in the transaction of business as a common carrier may be forfeited under the provisions of this chapter, unless it appears that the owner or other person in charge of the conveyance was a consenting party or privy to a violation of any crime in the chapters listed in § 23A-49-20.
SDCL 23A-49-2