S.D. Codified Laws § 31-22-3

Current with legislation signed by the governor on or before 3/6/2024

Section 31-22-3 - Visit to land-Width of right-of-way-Convenience of parties-Use of section line or governmental fractional subdivision

Upon the day set for such visit to such land for the purpose of laying out such right-of-way and appraising the damages to the owner of the surrounding land therefor, the county commissioners shall proceed to the place named, shall lay out a right-of-way not less than twenty-five nor more than sixty-five feet in width from such isolated tract of land across surrounding lands to a public highway, and in so doing shall consider the convenience of the parties. Wherever it is practicable to do so, such board shall lay such right-of-way along a section line or the line of a government fractional subdivision of a section.

SDCL 31-22-3

SL 1935, ch 179, § 3; SDC 1939, § 28.0803; SL 1977, ch 243.