The provisions of §§ 31-3-23 to 31-3-37, inclusive, apply to all public highways by whatever authority located within any organized county that are not within the limits of any municipality. However, no portion of the state trunk highway system or county highway systems may be vacated, changed, or located except with the approval of and in accordance with an order made by the Department of Transportation.
S.D. Codified Laws § 31-3-19
County location proceedings--Highways to which applicable
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Frawley Ranches, Inc. v. Lasher (1978)
Most recently applied in Wildwood Ass'n v. Harley F. Taylor, Inc. (August 2003)
Source: SDC 1939, § 28.0601; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2021, ch 128, § 1.
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.