Dry - draw on agricultural lands--Right to construct dam--Right or permit for dam on stream or dry - draw subject to prior appropriation

Upon compliance with § 46-4-3 , any person who has or holds any possession, right or title to any agricultural lands may construct a dam across a dry - draw without obtaining a permit to appropriate water unless the dam will impound more than twenty - five acre feet of water. Any water right or permit for a dam on a stream or a dry - draw for domestic or other use is subject to the doctrine of prior appropriation. Source: SDC 1939, § 61.0133; SL 1955, ch 430 , § 1; SL 1957, ch 490 , § 3; SL 1959, ch 451 ; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.0138 (1); SL 1983, ch 318 , § 1.