The Guide for Plant Appraisal, Tenth Edition Revised, as published by the International Society of Arboriculture, shall be used as a guide to measure the actual damages for the wrongful injury to trees or plants.
S.D. Codified Laws § 21-3-10
Damages for wrongful injury to trees and plants
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case DeHaven v. Hall (2008)
Most recently applied in DeHaven v. Hall (July 2008)
Source: CivC 1877, § 1978; CL 1887, § 4611; RCivC 1903, § 2323; RC 1919, § 1995; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.1908; SL 2007, ch 138, § 1; SL 2024, ch 74, § 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.