If any owner of weed or pest infested land fails to rid the land of such infestation and the secretary of agriculture and natural resources finds that such infestation is a menace to neighboring lands or to the state or its people he may declare such infested land to constitute a public nuisance and may enter such infested areas and perform such protective operations as may be necessary.
S.D. Codified Laws § 38-22-16
Infested land declared public nuisance--Protective operations by secretary
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Collins v. Barker (2003)
Most recently applied in Collins v. Barker (August 2003)
Source: SL 1945, ch 349, § 8; SL 1949, ch 437; SDC Supp 1960, § 62.0308; SL 1970, ch 225, § 5; SL 1983, ch 282, § 16; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex
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