Except for minimum maintenance roads established pursuant to § 31-12-46, no county highway system may be changed, altered, or modified except by authority of and in accordance with a written executive order of the Department of Transportation. Any such change shall be shown on the map of the county highway system in an office designated by the board of county commissioners and on such map in the Department of Transportation.
S.D. Codified Laws § 31-12-2
Change of county highway system--Order of Department of Transportation
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Calhoon v. Sell (1998)
Most recently applied in Wildwood Ass'n v. Harley F. Taylor, Inc. (August 2003)
Source: SDC 1939, § 28.0302; SL 1941, ch 129; SL 1997, ch 176, § 3; SL 2013, ch 130, § 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.