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SD Codified L § 31-17-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-3 - Roads crossing county lines--Appeal to Transportation Commission on division of responsibility.

31-17-3. Roads crossing county lines--Appeal to Transportation Commission on division of responsibility.If boards of county commissioners fail to perform the duty prescribed by §31-17-2, or in case of disagreement by such boards, an appeal may be made to the Transportation Commission by one of them. The commission shall notify the county auditors of the counties concerned that the commission will, on a day not less than ten days thereafter, at a named time and place within one of such counties, hold a hearing to determine all matters involved. At the hearing the commission shall fully investigate all questions involved, and shall, as soon as practicable, certify its decision to the different boards. The decision is final, and such boards shall comply. Source: SL 1925, ch 188, §2; SDC 1939, §28.0705; SL 2010, ch 145, §107.
SD Codified L § 31-17-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-4 - County highway system on county line--Effect of assignment to county.

31-17-4. County highway system on county line--Effect of assignment to county.Any portion of a county highway system lying on a county line and assigned to a county by the Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance shall be considered as lying fully within the county and all procedure and requirements apply as if the road lay wholly within the limits of one county. Source: SL 1919, ch 333, §11; SDC 1939, §28.0701; SL 2010, ch 145, §108.
SD Codified L § 31-17-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-5 - Secondary highway on county line--Assignment of responsibility.

31-17-5. Secondary highway on county line--Assignment of responsibility.The secondary highways on county lines shall be assigned to the charge of the boards of supervisors of organized civil townships or the board of county commissioners in the case of unorganized territory as may be agreed upon by the respective boards of county commissioners and in case of disagreement, as determined by the Transportation Commission. Source: PolC 1877, ch 29, §32; CL 1887, §1222; RPolC 1903, §1627; RC 1919, §8574; SDC 1939, §28.0703.
SD Codified L § 31-17-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-6 - Secondary highway on township line--Assignment of responsibility.

31-17-6. Secondary highway on township line--Assignment of responsibility.The secondary highways wholly within one county on lines between organized townships shall be assigned to the charge of such townships as the respective boards of supervisors may agree, and, in case of disagreement, as the board of county commissioners shall determine; and those on the line between organized civil townships and unorganized territory as the board of commissioners shall determine. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, §47; CL 1887, §1307; RPolC 1903, §1718; SL 1909, ch 70; RC 1919, §8573; SDC 1939, §28.0702.
SD Codified L § 31-17-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-7 - Boundary line highways between organized townships--Equal contribution by townships required unless mutual agreement reached.

31-17-7. Boundary line highways between organized townships--Equal contribution by townships required unless mutual agreement reached.Adjoining townships shall contribute equally to the construction, improvement, and repair of any township highway that lies on a section line forming the boundary between the townships. However, this section and §§31-17-8 to 31-17-15, inclusive, do not prohibit the supervisors of adjoining townships, by a majority of the supervisors from each township, from scheduling and holding a joint meeting of their township boards to mutually agree on alternative procedures for apportioning the responsibilities and costs of constructing, altering, or repairing any township boundary line highway, bridge, or culvert. Each township clerk shall record the time and location of the joint meeting and shall immediately publish notice of the proposed joint meeting in the same manner provided in §§8-3-4 and 8-3-5. Any order, notice, award, or apportionment contract, and any other documents resulting from the joint meeting shall be produced in duplicate, filed with each township office, and recorded by each township clerk. Any order, contract, or mutual agreement made before July 1, 1995, between adjoining township boards of supervisors apportioning or reapportioning a township boundary line road, bridge, or culvert is hereby validated and has the same force and effect as though executed after that date. Source: SL 1961, ch 152, §1; SL 1995, ch 172.
SD Codified L § 31-17-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-8 - Township boundary line highways--Resolution calling for contribution.

31-17-8. Township boundary line highways--Resolution calling for contribution.The board of supervisors of an organized township, to be called, moving townships, may by resolution declare the necessity of the construction, improvement, or repairing of a township boundary line highway and call upon an adjoining organized township with which said highway forms a common boundary line, to contribute equally to the cost of such construction, improvement, or repair. Source: SL 1961, ch 152, §2.
SD Codified L § 31-17-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-9 - Township boundary line highways--Service of resolution--Notice of meetings.

31-17-9. Township boundary line highways--Service of resolution--Notice of meetings.A copy of a resolution adopted under §31-17-8 may then be served upon the board of supervisors of the adjoining township and such board shall within thirty days thereafter call a special meeting for the purpose of considering such resolution, and shall give notice in writing to the board of supervisors of the moving township of the time and place of such meeting, at least ten days in advance. Source: SL 1961, ch 152, §3.
SD Codified L § 31-17-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-10 - Township boundary line highways--Purpose of joint meeting.

31-17-10. Township boundary line highways--Purpose of joint meeting.At the meeting provided for by §31-17-9, the board of supervisors of the moving township and that of the adjoining township shall meet jointly and consider the construction, improvement, or repair of said boundary line highway, and shall endeavor to come to some mutual agreement thereon. Source: SL 1961, ch 152, §4.
SD Codified L § 31-17-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-11 - Township boundary line highways--Action brought on failure to agree on contribution.

31-17-11. Township boundary line highways--Action brought on failure to agree on contribution.In the event that the board of supervisors of the adjoining township refuses to call a meeting as required in §31-17-9, or in the event that such meeting is held, but no agreement can be reached concerning the construction, improvement, or repair of such highway, the board of supervisors of the moving township shall have the right, within thirty days, to bring an action in the circuit court against the adjoining township to require it to contribute equally to the cost of any necessary construction, improvement, or repair of such highway. Source: SL 1961, ch 152, §5.
SD Codified L § 31-17-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-12 - Township boundary line highways--Parties and procedure in action to require contribution.

31-17-12. Township boundary line highways--Parties and procedure in action to require contribution.In the action authorized by §31-17-11 the moving township shall be the plaintiff and the adjoining township shall be the defendant; the action shall be commenced by the service of summons and complaint as in civil cases and shall be governed by the rules of civil procedure. Source: SL 1961, ch 152, §6.
SD Codified L § 31-17-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-13 - Township boundary line highways--Complaint and answer in action to require contribution.

31-17-13. Township boundary line highways--Complaint and answer in action to require contribution.The complaint in an action pursuant to §31-17-11 shall briefly set forth sufficient facts to show that conditions exist which authorize the bringing of such action, a statement in reasonable detail describing the construction, improvement, or repair of such highway which is claimed to be necessary, the estimated cost thereof, and the reasons the same are necessary; the adjoining township shall have thirty days to answer the complaint and in its answer shall briefly set forth the reasons why it claims it should not be required to contribute to such construction, improvement, or repair. Source: SL 1961, ch 152, §7.
SD Codified L § 31-17-14 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-14 - Township boundary line highways--Judgment in action to require contribution.

31-17-14. Township boundary line highways--Judgment in action to require contribution.The court, by its judgment in an action pursuant to §31-17-11, may determine the necessity and extent of any construction, improvement, or repair of such highway; the right to enforce equal contribution to the costs thereof by both townships; and the right to require the board of supervisors of both townships to jointly meet and advertise for bids and enter into a contract for the construction, improvement, or repair of such highway in the manner provided by §§5-18A-14 and 5-18B-10. Source: SL 1961, ch 152, §8; SL 2011, ch 2, §137.
SD Codified L § 31-17-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-15 - Township boundary line highways--Cumulative effect of provisions for equal contribution.

31-17-15. Township boundary line highways--Cumulative effect of provisions for equal contribution.Sections 31-17-7 to 31-17-14, inclusive, shall be cumulative to any existing rights or remedies of townships. Source: SL 1961, ch 152, §9.
SD Codified L § 31-17-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 17 - Boundary Line Highways|Section 31-17-16 - Secondary highways on municipal boundaries--Assignment of responsibility.

31-17-16. Secondary highways on municipal boundaries--Assignment of responsibility.The secondary highways on the boundary line of any municipality shall be assigned to such municipality and adjoining civil township or unorganized territory as provided in §§31-17-5 and 31-17-6. Source: SDC 1939, §28.0704; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 31-18-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 18 - Section-Line Highways|Section 31-18-1 - Existence of section-line highways by operation of law.

31-18-1. Existence of section-line highways by operation of law.There is along every section line in this state a public highway located by operation of law, except where some portion of the highway along such section line has been heretofore vacated or relocated by the lawful action of some authorized public officer, board, or tribunal. Source: SL 1870-1, ch 33, §1; PolC 1877, ch 29, §1; CL 1887, §1189; RPolC 1903, §1594; RC 1919, §8519; SDC 1939, §28.0102.
SD Codified L § 31-18-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 18 - Section-Line Highways|Section 31-18-2 - Width of highways--Side from which taken.

31-18-2. Width of highways--Side from which taken.Every statutory section-line highway shall be sixty-six feet wide and shall be taken equally from each side of the section line, unless changed as provided in this title, but nothing herein contained shall prevent the highway authority charged with the construction, reconstruction, or repair of any public highway along a section line from purchasing or condemning right-of-way for widening the highway to more than sixty-six feet or from purchasing or condemning more right-of-way on one side of the section line than on the other, provided they deem it necessary so to do in order to provide a better highway, to avoid destruction of trees or valuable buildings or to avoid unsuitable terrain. Source: PolC 1877, ch 29, §3; CL 1887, §1191; RPolC 1903, §1596; RC 1919, §8521; SDC 1939, §28.0105; SL 1953, ch 132.
SD Codified L § 31-18-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 18 - Section-Line Highways|Section 31-18-3 - Vacation or change of location of highways .

31-18-3. Vacation or change of location of highways.The board of county commissioners may vacate or change the location of any section-line highway under its jurisdiction and the board of supervisors of an organized township may vacate or change the location of any section-line highway under its jurisdiction, as provided in this title, but neither board may vacate or change any portion of the state trunk highway system or any highway constructed by state or federal aid or any highway within the limits of a municipal corporation. A board of supervisors may not vacate or change any portion of the county highway system, nor may a board of county commissioners vacate or change any portion of the township road system. No board of county commissioners or board of supervisors may vacate a section-line highway that provides access to public lands or public waters embracing an area of not less than forty acres. This section does not prohibit the closing of a section-line highway to vehicular traffic if the highway is unsafe for vehicular traffic. Source: SDC 1939, §28.0106; SL 1989, ch 253, §2; SL 2012, ch 154, §2; SL 2018, ch 170, §2.
SD Codified L § 31-18-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 18 - Section-Line Highways|Section 31-18-4 - Relicted lands--Highway rights continue.

31-18-4. Relicted lands--Highway rights continue.The apportionment, division, or survey of lands acquired by reliction, either by the owner or owners of such lands, or by virtue of the judgment of any court, pursuant to the provisions of this code, shall not in any manner operate as an abandonment or vacation of any legal highway along or across any such lands, and all section-line highways along or across any such lands shall continue to be public highways until changed or vacated in the manner provided by law. Source: SL 1905, ch 119; RC 1919, §8617; SDC 1939, §28.0111.
SD Codified L § 31-18-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 18 - Section-Line Highways|Section 31-18-5 - Liability for unimproved section line.

31-18-5. Liability for unimproved section line.Notwithstanding the provisions of §20-9-16, a landowner owes no duty of care to keep an unimproved section line safe for entry or use by any uninvited person for an outdoor recreational purpose or tourism activity. The landowner does not have a duty to give any warning of a dangerous condition, use, or structure on an unimproved section line to any uninvited person entering for an outdoor recreational purpose or tourism activity, except for any condition created by the willful and wanton act of the landowner. Source: SL 2017, ch 124, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-19-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 19 - Acquisition Of Land And Materials For Highway Purposes|Section 31-19-1 - Right-of-way and borrow pit--Purchase or condemnation--Proceedings.

31-19-1. Right-of-way and borrow pit--Purchase or condemnation--Proceedings.The land or material for right-of-way and borrow pit may be acquired for the state by the Department of Transportation, either by gift, purchase, or condemnation. If said land or material is to be acquired by condemnation the proceedings shall be as provided by §31-19-3. Source: SL 1939, ch 113, §2; SDC Supp 1960, §28.13A02; SL 1966, ch 83.
SD Codified L § 31-19-1.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 19 - Acquisition Of Land And Materials For Highway Purposes|Section 31-19-1.1 - Acquisition of land to provide for relocation of utility lines and facilities displaced by highway project--Use--Rules.

31-19-1.1. Acquisition of land to provide for relocation of utility lines and facilities displaced by highway project--Use--Rules.The Department of Transportation may acquire by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation, an easement or fee interest in real estate, other than a right-of-way, for the purpose of providing a suitable location for the relocation of utility lines and facilities displaced as a result of a highway construction project. After all displaced utility lines and facilities have been appropriately relocated, the department may allow the use of such property by additional utilities under the terms and conditions established by the department. The South Dakota Transportation Commission may provide, by rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, for the terms and conditions for use of such property by utilities. Source: SL 2004, ch 196, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-19-1.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 19 - Acquisition Of Land And Materials For Highway Purposes|Section 31-19-1.2 - Owner or operator of utility lines or facilities not required to relocate to acquired easement or fee interest in real estate.

31-19-1.2. Owner or operator of utility lines or facilities not required to relocate to acquired easement or fee interest in real estate.No owner or operator of utility lines or facilities displaced as a result of a highway construction project may be compelled to relocate those utility lines or facilities to either an easement or a fee interest acquired pursuant to §31-19-1.1. Source: SL 2004, ch 196, §2.
SD Codified L § 31-19-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 19 - Acquisition Of Land And Materials For Highway Purposes|Section 31-19-2 - Resolution of necessity--Recordation and filing.

31-19-2. Resolution of necessity--Recordation and filing.Before acquiring land or material by condemnation, the Department of Transportation shall, by resolution, declare the necessity for acquiring the land or material and file a copy of the resolution with the office of right-of-way in the department. Source: SL 1939, ch 113, §3; SDC Supp 1960, §28.13A03; SL 1976, ch 184, §2; SL 1977, ch 242, §2; SL 1998, ch 170, §1; SL 2004, ch 196, §3; SL 2004, ch 197, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-19-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 19 - Acquisition Of Land And Materials For Highway Purposes|Section 31-19-3 - Condemnation--Petition--Parties defendant--Contents of petition--Verification.

31-19-3. Condemnation--Petition--Parties defendant--Contents of petition--Verification.If land or material is to be acquired by condemnation, the Department of Transportation, on behalf of the state and in its name, shall file a petition in the circuit court for the county in which the property to be taken or damaged is situated, praying that the just compensation be made and such property be ascertained by a jury and shall name the Department of Transportation as the department of the state government desiring to take or damage the property on behalf of the state as plaintiff. All persons having an interest in or a lien upon the property affected by the proceedings shall be named as defendants so far as they may be known at the time of the filing of the petition. It shall contain a description of the property to be taken or damaged and shall contain a copy of the related resolution of necessity that was passed by the Transportation Commission. The purpose for which the property is to be taken or damaged shall be clearly set forth in the petition. It is not necessary to specify the interest or claim of the several defendants in the land or property affected by the proceedings. The petition shall be signed and verified in the manner and as provided by §15-6-11 relating to the signing of pleadings in the circuit courts. Source: SL 1939, ch 113, §2; SDC Supp 1960, §28.13A02; SL 1966, ch 83; SL 2004, ch 196, §4.
SD Codified L § 31-19-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 19 - Acquisition Of Land And Materials For Highway Purposes|Section 31-19-4 - Pleadings necessary--Interpleader--Compensation only issue.

31-19-4. Pleadings necessary--Interpleader--Compensation only issue.No pleading other than the petition shall be required in a condemnation proceeding initiated pursuant to §31-19-3, unless ordered by the court. If there be adverse claimants for the compensation, the court may require such adverse claimants to interplead, so as to determine fully the rights and interests in such compensation. The only issue that shall be tried by the jury upon the petition shall be the amount of compensation to be paid for the property taken or damaged. Source: SL 1939, ch 113, §4; SDC Supp 1960, §28.13A04.
SD Codified L § 31-19-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 19 - Acquisition Of Land And Materials For Highway Purposes|Section 31-19-6 - Notice in register of deeds' office--Contents of notice--Effect of notice.

31-19-6. Notice in register of deeds' office--Contents of notice--Effect of notice.At any time after the filing of the petition the plaintiff may file for record in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the petition is filed a notice of the pendency of the proceeding, containing the names of the parties plaintiff and defendant, a statement of the purpose of the proceeding, and a description of the property through or over which the proposed improvement is to be constructed, which notice shall be recorded and indexed in the same manner as provided by law for the recording and indexing of notices of the pendency of actions in the circuit court, and from the date of the filing thereof shall be notice to all subsequent purchasers or encumbrancers of the property therein described. Source: SL 1939, ch 113, §6; SDC Supp 1960, §28.13A06.
SD Codified L § 31-19-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 19 - Acquisition Of Land And Materials For Highway Purposes|Section 31-19-7 - Summons to defendants--Contents--Time for response.

31-19-7. Summons to defendants--Contents--Time for response.At any time after the filing of the petition the plaintiff may issue a summons to the defendants, which shall be entitled in the action or proceeding, and state the time and place of filing the petition, the nature of the proceeding, and contain a notice to the effect that if the defendants do not respond to said proceeding as provided in §31-19-10.1 within thirty days from the service thereof, exclusive of the day of service, the plaintiff will apply to the court for an order to impanel a jury and ascertain the just compensation for the property proposed to be taken or damaged in such proceeding. Source: SL 1939, ch 113, §7; SL 1953, ch 152; SDC Supp 1960, §28.13A07; SL 1976, ch 184, §3.