Title 31, HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES

The complaint in an action pursuant to § 31-17-11 shall briefly set forth sufficient facts to show that conditions exist which authorize the bringing of such action, a statement in reasonable detail describing the construction, improvement, or repair of such highway which is clai…

The court, by its judgment in an action pursuant to § 31-17-11 , may determine the necessity and extent of any construction, improvement, or repair of such highway; the right to enforce equal contribution to the costs thereof by both townships; and the right to require the board …

Sections 31-17-7 to 31-17-14 , inclusive, shall be cumulative to any existing rights or remedies of townships. Source: SL 1961, ch 152 , § 9.

The secondary highways on the boundary line of any municipality must be assigned to the municipality and adjoining civil township, or unorganized territory as provided in §§ 31-17-5 and 31-17-6 . Source: SDC 1939, § 28.0704; SL 1992, ch 60 , § 2; SL 2024, ch 104 , § 1.

A highway on the county highway system that is also on the boundary line of any municipality must be assigned to the charge of the municipality, board of supervisors of adjoining civil townships, or the board of county commissioners in the case of unorganized territory as may be …

Subject to approval of the department, boards of county commissioners of adjoining counties shall make proper connections between roads which cross county lines and which afford continuous routes of travel; adopt plans and specifications for highway construction, reconstruction, …

If boards of county commissioners fail to perform the duty prescribed by § 31-17-2 , or in case of disagreement by such boards, an appeal may be made to the Transportation Commission by one of them. The commission shall notify the county auditors of the counties concerned that th…

Any portion of a county highway system lying on a county line and assigned to a county by the Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance shall be considered as lying fully within the county and all procedure and requirements apply as if the road lay wholly within …

The secondary highways on county lines shall be assigned to the charge of the boards of supervisors of organized civil townships or the board of county commissioners in the case of unorganized territory as may be agreed upon by the respective boards of county commissioners and in…

The secondary highways wholly within one county on lines between organized townships shall be assigned to the charge of such townships as the respective boards of supervisors may agree, and, in case of disagreement, as the board of county commissioners shall determine; and those …

Adjoining townships shall contribute equally to the construction, improvement, and repair of any township highway that lies on a section line forming the boundary between the townships. However, this section and §§ 31-17-8 to 31-17-15 , inclusive, do not prohibit the supervisors …

The board of supervisors of an organized township, to be called, moving townships, may by resolution declare the necessity of the construction, improvement, or repairing of a township boundary line highway and call upon an adjoining organized township with which said highway form…

A copy of a resolution adopted under § 31-17-8 may then be served upon the board of supervisors of the adjoining township and such board shall within thirty days thereafter call a special meeting for the purpose of considering such resolution, and shall give notice in writing to …