S.D. Codified Laws § 43-23-5

Current with legislation signed by the governor on or before 3/6/2024
Section 43-23-5 - Neglect or refusal to erect and maintain half of legal fence-Enforcement by adjoining landowner-Service of notice and demand

If any owner of any land who is liable for one-half of the expense of erecting and maintaining a partition fence pursuant to § 43-23-1 neglects or refuses to so erect and maintain one-half of a legal fence on the lines separating his land from adjoining land, the owner of the adjoining land may serve upon the delinquent owner a notice in writing demanding that the delinquent owner shall erect or repair, as the case may be, a legal fence along one-half of such line, describing it, within thirty days from the date of the service of the notice and demand upon him.

SDCL 43-23-5

SL 1909, ch 197, § 4; RC 1919, § 10534; SDC 1939, § 19.0104; SL 1988, ch 350, § 3; SL 1990, ch 350, § 1.