The South Dakota Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best interest of the state and its citizens to provide for the preservation of its historical, architectural, archaeological, paleontological, and cultural sites by protecting, restoring, and rehabilitating sites, buildings, structures, and antiquities of the state which are of historical significance.
S.D. Codified Laws § 1-19A-1
Legislative findings and declaration
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case McDowell v. Sapienza (2018)
Most recently applied in McDowell v. Sapienza (January 2018)
Source: SL 1973, ch 14, § 1; SL 1980, ch 12, § 1.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.