Sections 11-3-20.1, 11-3-20.2, 11-3-21.1, 11-3-22.1, 11-3-23.1, and 11-3-24.1, are prescribed as the procedures to be followed for the vacation of part or all of any recorded plat of the State of South Dakota. Said sections are intended as supplemental to § 11-3-16 and only direct the procedure to be followed where and when the facts and conditions, at the time of vacation, are other than as specifically set forth in § 11-3-16.
S.D. Codified Laws § 11-3-20
General procedure for vacation of plats--Supplemental to vacation by instrument
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In Re the Vacation of a Portion of MacKrill's Addition to Wall (1970)
Most recently applied in Pluimer v. City of Belle Fourche (June 1996)
Source: SL 1947, ch 212; SL 1953, ch 266, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.2815 (6); SL 1974, ch 109, § 1.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.