SDCL 5-4-15

— under RANGE AND FOREST FIRE PREVENTION.

A person who receives written consent from the department secretary or a commissioner to burn state-owned land in conjunction with the person's own land assumes all liability for the burn. The state is immune from liability, and no cause of action for damages may arise against the state as a result of a prescribed burn conducted by a person pursuant to this section. Source: SL 2026, ch 153 , § 1, eff. Mar. 9, 2026.