S.D. Codified Laws § 45-5A-1

Legislative findings

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Timothy Brown v. Continental Resources, Inc. (2023)

Most recently applied in Timothy Brown v. Continental Resources, Inc. (January 2023)

Source: SL 1982, ch 304, § 1.

The Legislature finds the following:

(1) It is necessary for the state to protect the public welfare of South Dakota which is largely dependent on agriculture, and to protect the economic well-being of individuals engaged in agricultural production;

(2) Exploration for and development of mineral and oil and gas reserves in this state may interfere with the use, agricultural or otherwise, of the surface of certain land;

(3) Surface owners should be justly compensated for injury to their persons or property and interference with the use of their property occasioned by mineral and oil and gas development.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.