It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to start or allow to start an open fire and fail to extinguish that fire on public lands owned, leased, controlled, or managed by the state or any political subdivision of the state regardless of whether the fire was started in an approved fireplace.
S.D. Codified Laws § 5-4-16
Misdemeanor to start and fail to extinguish open fire regardless of whether in approved fireplace
Source: SL 1997, ch 239, § 2.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.