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SD Codified L § 31-2-22 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 02 - Administration Of State Highways|Section 31-2-22 - Advice at county's request on maintaining its highway system.

31-2-22. Advice at county's request on maintaining its highway system.The department shall, at the request of any county, give advice regarding difficult construction questions, pass upon the feasibility of any plan of road construction, improvement, and repair, and in general render any reasonable service to aid the county in the construction, maintenance, or repair of its county highway system. Source: SDC 1939, §28.0208; SL 1953, ch 138; SL 1993, ch 217.
SD Codified L § 31-2-23 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 02 - Administration Of State Highways|Section 31-2-23 - Dissemination of highway information--Tourism publications.

31-2-23. Dissemination of highway information--Tourism publications.For the purpose of dissemination of information relative to highway construction, repair, maintenance, and upkeep, and for the purpose of advertising the highways of this state and attracting traffic thereto, the Department of Tourism is empowered to compile and publish any pamphlets, bulletins, and documents it deems necessary and expedient for informational and publicity purposes concerning the highways of the state, to support area travel shows intended to provide a balanced promotion of all areas of and with respect to public parks, recreational grounds, scenic places, and other public places and scenic areas or objects of interest, data as to distances, historical facts, and other items or matters of interest and value to the general public and road users; and the department may make or cause to be made from time to time a map or maps showing thereon the highways of the state and the municipalities, and other places of interest served and reached by said highways, and may cause to be printed, published, and prepared in a manner or form the department deems best, all of such information and data and provide for the distribution and dissemination of the same in such manner and method that will best serve the motoring public and road users. Source: SDC 1939, §28.0218; SL 1953, ch 143; SL 1971, ch 173; SL 1982, ch 17, §49; SL 1992, ch 60, §2; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), §59; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), §91, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
SD Codified L § 31-2-24 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 02 - Administration Of State Highways|Section 31-2-24 - Contracts for tourist publicity.

31-2-24. Contracts for tourist publicity.To the end described in §31-2-23, the Department of Tourism may contract with persons, or publicity and advertising agencies to purchase space on billboards and in magazines, papers, and periodicals and time on radio and television stations and contract for other publicity for the dissemination of advertising information, historical facts, statistics, and pictures that are useful and informative to the traveling public and to attract tourists to the state. The department may contract with motion picture producers and others for the taking of moving pictures or still pictures in the state and may provide for the showing of the films when taken. The department may join with other governmental departments of the state in publishing such informational or publicity matter. Source: SDC 1939, §28.0218 as added by SL 1953, ch 143; SL 1982, ch 218; SL 2018, ch 169, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-2-27 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 02 - Administration Of State Highways|Section 31-2-27 - Disposition of property no longer useful.

31-2-27. Disposition of property no longer useful.The Department of Transportation may determine that material, machinery, equipment, or other personal property, or real property owned by the state and used by the department in maintenance or construction, which material, machinery, equipment, or other personal property is not needed for such purposes or is worn out to such an extent it is no longer useful in highway construction or maintenance, or that real property is no longer needed in the maintenance or construction of state trunk highways. The department may sell and dispose of the material, machinery, equipment, personal or real property according to the procedure prescribed by the commissioner of the Bureau of Administration. Source: SL 1941, ch 134; SL 1955, ch 98; SDC Supp 1960, §28.0222; SL 1963, ch 162; SL 1977, ch 54, §8; SL 1984, ch 207, §21; SL 1986, ch 238, §3.
SD Codified L § 31-2-32 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 02 - Administration Of State Highways|Section 31-2-32 - Auction sale of passenger automobiles.

31-2-32. Auction sale of passenger automobiles.No passenger automobile may be sold at public auction by the Department of Transportation unless there are auction sales of such passenger automobiles in each of the transportation regions where the automobiles are normally assigned. Source: SDC Supp 1960, §28.0222 as added by SL 1965, ch 133; SL 1984, ch 207, §22.
SD Codified L § 31-2-33 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 02 - Administration Of State Highways|Section 31-2-33 - Cooperation in research projects for road development.

31-2-33. Cooperation in research projects for road development.The Department of Transportation shall be authorized to cooperate with any other state, group of states, federal agency, or nationally recognized research organization and share in the expense of setting up, maintaining and operating research projects including test roads at any place within or without the State of South Dakota for the development of facts and criteria capable of being used in the design and construction of highways, highway surfaces, and highway structures, and for the establishment of an engineering basis for the enactment of adequate and equitable legislation governing the allowable loading and method of taxation; to provide information as to types and capacities of highway vehicles which are practicable to be used in highway transportation; to procure special information concerning engineering problems, costs of maintaining highways at different capacities, the necessity for increased taxation to cover costs of highway capacities; and to produce reliable information as to how to realize the most efficient and economical vehicle capacities consistent with optimum over all highway transportation. Source: SL 1955, ch 105; SDC Supp 1960, §28.0237.
SD Codified L § 31-2-34 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 02 - Administration Of State Highways|Section 31-2-34 - Action against state on construction contract--Venue of trial.

31-2-34. Action against state on construction contract--Venue of trial.The State of South Dakota may be sued and made defendant in any court in which an action is brought against the South Dakota Department of Transportation respecting any claim, right, or controversy arising out of the work performed, or by virtue of the provisions of any construction contract entered into by the South Dakota Department of Transportation. Any such action shall name the South Dakota Department of Transportation as defendant and the venue for trial shall be the county where all or part of the construction work was performed. Source: SL 1964, ch 110, §§1, 2.
SD Codified L § 31-2-35 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 02 - Administration Of State Highways|Section 31-2-35 - Hearing and determination of action against state--Right of appeal.

31-2-35. Hearing and determination of action against state--Right of appeal.An action brought pursuant to §31-2-34 shall be heard and determined pursuant to rules otherwise applicable to civil actions brought in the particular court having jurisdiction of the suit and the parties to the suit shall have the right of appeal from any judgment, decree, or decision of the trial court to the appropriate appellate court under the applicable rules of appeal. Source: SL 1964, ch 110, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-2-36 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 02 - Administration Of State Highways|Section 31-2-36 - Service of process on state.

31-2-36. Service of process on state.Service upon the State of South Dakota shall be made by serving a copy of the summons, with the complaint attached, upon any authorized representative of the South Dakota Department of Transportation and also by serving copies of the summons and complaint upon the Governor and attorney general of the State of South Dakota, in the manner provided for the service of process in actions brought in the circuit courts of the State of South Dakota, or by serving a copy of the summons, with the complaint attached, upon any authorized representative of the South Dakota Department of Transportation and also by serving copies of the summons and complaint upon the Governor and attorney general of the State of South Dakota in the manner provided for service of process in actions brought in United States district courts, except only that the state shall be required to appear within thirty days after the day such process is served in the manner herein provided. Source: SL 1964, ch 110, §3.
SD Codified L § 31-2-37 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 02 - Administration Of State Highways|Section 31-2-37 - Time for actions against state.

31-2-37. Time for actions against state.Actions against the State of South Dakota authorized under the provisions of 31-2-34 shall be instituted within two years from the date of the completion of the work as provided under the terms of that particular contract or contracts. Source: SL 1964, ch 110, §4.
SD Codified L § 31-2-38 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 02 - Administration Of State Highways|Section 31-2-38 - Award of damages and costs--Payment by state.

31-2-38. Award of damages and costs--Payment by state.The State of South Dakota shall pay to any successful litigant, the amount of damages awarded and the amount of costs assessed against the State of South Dakota, out of the state highway fund from all the moneys levied and collected by the state by general state taxation for state highway purposes, or appropriated for state highway purposes. Source: SL 1964, ch 110, §5.
SD Codified L § 31-2-39 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 02 - Administration Of State Highways|Section 31-2-39 - Final judgment against state--Payment from state highway fund.

31-2-39. Final judgment against state--Payment from state highway fund.No execution may issue against the state on any final judgment obtained under the provisions of this chapter. However, if final judgment against the state has been obtained in any such action as provided by this chapter, the clerk of the court, wherein the final judgment was obtained, shall forthwith send a certified copy of the judgment by registered or certified mail to the secretary of transportation, and to the state auditor. The auditor shall audit the amount of damages and costs therein finally awarded. The state treasurer shall pay the damages and costs out of the state highway fund. Source: SL 1964, ch 110, §6; SL 2010, ch 145, §14.
SD Codified L § 31-3-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-1 - Dedication to public by continuous use, work, and repair of road--Width--Obtaining right-of-way.

31-3-1. Dedication to public by continuous use, work, and repair of road--Width--Obtaining right-of-way.Whenever any road shall have been used, worked, and kept in repair as a public highway continuously for twenty years, the same shall be deemed to have been legally located or dedicated to the public, and shall be and remain a public highway until changed or vacated in some manner provided by law.Such highway shall be sixty-six feet wide and shall be taken equally from each side of the roadbed center line. Nothing herein contained may prevent the highway authority charged with the construction, reconstruction, or repair of any public highway 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 roadbed center 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: SDC 1939, §28.0104; SL 1985, ch 232.
SD Codified L § 31-3-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-2 - Public highway not established by mere use.

31-3-2. Public highway not established by mere use.Notwithstanding §31-3-1, the mere use by the public of any route of travel along or across public or private land, or the right-of-way of any railroad company for any period, shall not operate to establish a public highway and no right shall inure to the public or any person by such use thereof. Source: SL 1893, ch 100; RPolC 1903, §1632; RC 1919, §8613; SDC 1939, §28.0104.
SD Codified L § 31-3-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-3 - Rights of settlers on public lands.

31-3-3. Rights of settlers on public lands.In all applications for the location, change, or vacation of any public highway, actual settlers upon any public lands in any county in this state shall have and possess all rights in this chapter granted to freeholders. Source: SL 1867-8, ch 13, §32; PolC 1877, ch 29, §36; CL 1887, §1226; RPolC 1903, §1631; RC 1919, §8618; SDC 1939, §28.0112.
SD Codified L § 31-3-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-4 - Location on boundary line--Half of highway taken from each side.

31-3-4. Location on boundary line--Half of highway taken from each side.When a public highway is laid out and located upon a line dividing the land of two individuals, but not on the section line, one-half of the same must be taken, if practicable, from the land of each, provided whenever the taking of more land from one individual than the other will result in better alignment, less costly construction, or will save valuable trees or buildings from destruction, the highway may be laid out and the right-of-way taken unequally from said owners. Source: PolC 1877, ch 29, §44; CL 1887, §1234; RPolC 1903, §1639; RC 1919, §8619; SDC 1939, §28.0113; SL 1953, ch 134.
SD Codified L § 31-3-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-5 - Damages assessed--Payment before use of road.

31-3-5. Damages assessed--Payment before use of road.No public highway shall be opened, worked, or used until the damages assessed therefor shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto or deposited in the county treasury for their use, or they shall give their consent thereto in writing filed with the county auditor. Source: SL 1867-8, ch 13, §25; PolC 1877, ch 29, §28; CL 1887, §1216; RPolC 1903, §1621; RC 1919, §8620; SDC 1939, §28.0114.
SD Codified L § 31-3-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-6 - Petition to locate, change, or vacate a highway.

31-3-6. Petition to locate, change, or vacate a highway. Upon receiving a petition signed by two or more voters of an organized civil township, the board of supervisors, having jurisdiction, shall provide for a public hearing, as required by § 31-3-7, and after consideration of all information, opinions, and arguments presented, may, except as provided in §§ 31-3-12 and 31-3-44, vacate, change, or locate a highway in the township, if the public interest will be better served by the action.Upon receiving a petition signed by voters of the county, at least equal in number to one percent of those who cast ballots in the county during the last gubernatorial election, the board of county commissioners, having jurisdiction, shall provide for a public hearing, as required by § 31-3-7, and after consideration of all information, opinions, and arguments presented, may, except as provided in §§ 31-3-12 and 31-3-44, vacate, change, or locate a highway in the county, if the public interest will be better served by the action.Upon receiving a petition signed by two thirds of the adjacent landowners or all adjacent landowners if there are fewer than three, the board of county commissioners, having jurisdiction, shall provide for a public hearing, as required by § 31-3-7, and after consideration of all information, opinions, and arguments presented, may vacate the highway, if the public interest will be better served by the action.The petition must set forth the beginning, course, and termination of the highway proposed to be located, changed, or vacated and, if applicable, the name of each person owning the land through which the proposed highway may pass. Source: SDC 1939, §28.0410; SL 1984, ch 208, §2; SL 1985, ch 233, §1; SL 2021, ch 122, § 1.
SD Codified L § 31-3-6.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-6.1 - Access to public lands or public waters.

31-3-6.1. Access to public lands or public waters.Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, no county or township may vacate a highway which provides access to public lands or public waters embracing an area of not less than forty acres. Source: SL 1989, ch 253, §1; SL 2012, ch 154, §1; SL 2018, ch 170, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-3-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-7 - Public hearing--Notice--Affirmative resolution of board--Order.

31-3-7. Public hearing--Notice--Affirmative resolution of board--Order.In case of the filing of a petition described in §31-3-6, the board shall, after giving notice of a public hearing, hold a public hearing called for the purpose of receiving public testimony about the action proposed by the petition. The board shall give notice of the public hearing by publication in the official newspaper of said township, if any, otherwise in the nearest legal newspaper of said county, once each week for at least two consecutive weeks. The notice of the public hearing shall state the purpose, date, time, and location of the hearing and a legal description of the location of the highway and the action proposed by the petition and how information, opinions, and arguments may be presented by any person unable to attend the hearing. The board shall, by resolution, determine whether the public interest will be better served by such proposed vacating, changing, or locating of the highway in question, and upon resolution in the affirmative, shall make its order that such highway be vacated, changed, or located. Source: SDC 1939, §28.0411; SL 1951, ch 138, §1; SL 1985, ch 233, §2.
SD Codified L § 31-3-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-8 - Resolution and order of board--Description of land--Map maintained by county auditor--Recording.

31-3-8. Resolution and order of board--Description of land--Map maintained by county auditor--Recording.The resolution and order provided for in §31-3-7 shall describe the highway vacated, changed, or located in general language by description of the land across which the highway extends, or by landmarks or survey designate the particular highway intended. The county auditor shall prepare and maintain a current map showing the course and location of all county highways within or on the border of the county. The county auditor shall, within thirty days of the resolution and order provided for in §31-3-7, make those changes to the map as necessary to reveal the course and location of any county highway vacated, changed, or located. A certified copy of the resolution and order shall be filed with the register of deeds. Source: SDC 1939, §28.0412; SL 1985, ch 233, §3; SL 1998, ch 167, §1; SL 2012, ch 155, §1.
SD Codified L § 31-3-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-9 - Resolution and order--Entry in minutes--Publication.

31-3-9. Resolution and order--Entry in minutes--Publication.Such resolution and order shall be printed in the minutes of the meeting of the board and the resolution shall be published in the official newspaper of said township, if any, otherwise in the nearest legal newspaper to said highway, once each week for at least two consecutive weeks, and such highway shall be, after a lapse of thirty days, vacated, changed, or located, without further proceedings unless appeal as provided for in this chapter. Source: SDC 1939, §28.0411; SL 1951, ch 138, §1; SL 1972, ch 166, §1; SL 1985, ch 233, §4.
SD Codified L § 31-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-10 - Discontinuance and vacation--Reversion of title to land--Removal of improvements.

31-3-10. Discontinuance and vacation--Reversion of title to land--Removal of improvements.Upon the discontinuance and vacation of a highway pursuant to §§31-3-6 to 31-3-9, inclusive, the title to the land embodied therein shall revert to the original owners or their grantees or successors in interest, and any removable guardrails, culverts, or other public improvements upon such vacated highway may be removed and returned to the political subdivision by which the same were made or supplied. Source: SL 1935, ch 125, §2; SDC 1939, §28.0412.
SD Codified L § 31-3-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-11 - Validation of vacation of highway not within municipality.

31-3-11. Validation of vacation of highway not within municipality.Whenever the governing body of any township, or county, of this state, having jurisdiction has had, or shall have, presented to it a petition for the vacation of any public highway or street, alley, or public ground or any part thereof, not located within the corporate limits of any municipality, and, after due hearing such governing body has granted or shall grant the petition in whole or in part and there was, or shall be, recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county wherein such area is located a certified copy of the resolution or record of the action taken by such body relative to such petition, any defect or irregularity in the proceedings in such matter shall be deemed validated, legalized, and cured at the end of two years following the date of such recording and any easement or interest of the public in or upon the area so vacated shall then be terminated and action thereon barred. Source: SL 1951, ch 138, §2; SDC Supp 1960, §28.0411-1.
SD Codified L § 31-3-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 31 - Highways and Bridges|Chapter 03 - Location, Change And Vacation Of Highways|Section 31-3-12 - Limitation of jurisdiction of township supervisors.

31-3-12. Limitation of jurisdiction of township supervisors.The board of township supervisors may not vacate or change any portion of the state trunk highway system, the county highway system, or any highway within the corporate limits of any municipality. Source: SL 1935, ch 125, §3; SDC 1939, §28.0413; SL 1978, ch 219; SL 1984, ch 208, §3.