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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 46 - WATER RIGHTS
Chapter 5 - APPROPRIATION OF WATER
Section 46-5-37 - Failure to use beneficially appropriated water-Forfeiture for nonuse-Reversion to public

S.D. Codified Laws § 46-5-37

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Section 46-5-37 - Failure to use beneficially appropriated water-Forfeiture for nonuse-Reversion to public

If any person entitled to the use of appropriated water fails to use beneficially any part of the water for the purpose for which it was appropriated, for a period of three years, the unused water shall revert to the public and shall be regarded as unappropriated public water.

SDCL 46-5-37

SDC 1939, § 61.0139; SL 1955, ch 430, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.0125; SL 2011, ch 165, §269.