South Dakota DOT e‑ticketing requirements
Last verified September 26, 2026
SDDOT's standard specifications let the contractor supply either printed tickets or e-tickets. E-tickets become mandatory only when the contract includes an e-ticketing bid item, and then for the materials the contract names. The e-ticket option requires fleet-management or GNSS truck tracking with geofences at the source and point of placement.
Required on some projects: E-tickets are required only on contracts that include the provision or meet a size threshold.
Key dates
- October 1, 2025
- 2025 Standard Specifications (with Section 9.1 H.9 e-ticket language) apply to projects let on or after this date
- October 7, 2026
- Version date of the 2026 Standard Specifications, which carry the same e-ticket language; the letting date it takes effect was not stated on the SDDOT page
Materials and project scope
- Any material weighed for payment where the contract specifies e-ticketing (the spec's fillable fields reference asphalt concrete temperatures)
Projects whose contract includes an e-ticketing bid item. On other projects e-tickets are optional in place of printed tickets.
Spec references
- SDDOT Std Spec 9.1 H.9 (2025): Automated Scale Tickets: printed tickets and e-tickets
- SDDOT Std Spec 9.1 H.9 (2026): Automated Scale Tickets: printed tickets and e-tickets
Data requirements
Same fields as the printed ticket: ticket number, project number or PCN, date and time weighed, material ID, source, truck and pup ID, maximum allowable gross, gross, fully fueled tare with date/time, net, and loader/belt scale fields. Fillable fields for accept/reject, wasted tons, asphalt temperatures at plant and road, placement notes, and sample locations. Real-time engineer view of trucks, ticket count, tons scaled, tons placed. Static geofence at the source and mobile geofence at placement. Export to PDF and CSV. Engineer access until 90 days after final acceptance. Offline data collection. Printed ticket as backup when connectivity or software fails.
What contractors should do
- Look for an e-ticketing bid item in the proposal; if present, e-tickets are required for the materials the contract lists.
- Line up a fleet-management or GNSS system that tracks every delivery truck and captures truck exchanges by geofence.
- Give the engineer cloud access and training or a user manual before work starts, and keep access open 90 days past final acceptance.
- Keep a printed-ticket fallback ready for dead zones or software failure.
What haulers should do
- Expect a tracking device or app on each truck when the contract has an e-ticketing item; the spec requires tracking of all trucks delivering material.
- Keep truck and pup IDs consistent with what is entered at the scale.