For the purposes of this chapter, the highway authorities of the state, counties, or municipalities may acquire private or public property rights for any controlled-access facility and service road, including rights of access, air, view, and light, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation as may be authorized by law to acquire such property or property rights in connection with any highway and street within their respective jurisdictions.
S.D. Codified Laws § 31-8-7
Manner of acquiring property or property rights
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case STATE HIGHWAY COM'N, ETC. v. Wieczorek (1976)
Most recently applied in Pluimer v. City of Belle Fourche (June 1996)
Source: SL 1953, ch 155, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 28.09A05; SL 2010, ch 145, § 68.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.