The board of township supervisors may designate an unimproved section line not maintained for vehicle travel as a no maintenance section line. The board shall identify the beginning and end point of the section line designated as no maintenance. The board does not have any responsibility on a no maintenance section line except to require removal or remediation of a manmade obstruction, if needed, to maintain the public access.
S.D. Codified Laws § 31-13-1.4
Designation of no maintenance section line
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Patterson v. Plowboy, LLC (2021)
Most recently applied in Patterson v. Plowboy, LLC (April 2021)
Source: SL 2013, ch 131, § 2.
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