Owner of land in fee, right to surface and things beneath or above it

SDCL § 43-16-1 — under LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS.

SDCL § 43-16-1

The owner of land in fee has the right to the surface and to everything permanently situated beneath or above it. Source: CivC 1877, § 265; CL 1887, § 2781; RCivC 1903, § 288; RC 1919, § 358; SDC 1939, § 51.0701.