Title 31 — HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
36 chapters · 798 sections in this title.
SDCL § 31-25-1 Fences across highways--Petition by adjacent landowners--Notice and hearing--Gates or grates required
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The board of county commissioners of any county having within its boundaries, any county, township, or section - line highway not included in § 31-25-1.1 extending or running through or across grazing land, may, upon petition, signed by a majority of the adjacent landowners along…
SDCL § 31-25-1.1 Fences erected across unimproved section - line highways--Gates--Access to highways protected--Violation as misdemeanor
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A landowner may erect a fence across an unimproved county, township, or section - line highway. For the purposes of this section an unimproved county, township, or section - line highway is any county, township, or section line not commonly used as a public right - of - way and n…
SDCL § 31-25-10 Regulatory signs for unfenced roads in livestock grazing area--Application for erection
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Any person grazing livestock in an area where there are no fences along a road may apply to the governing body that has the responsibility to maintain that road to erect a regulatory sign that livestock will be at large along the road. If the governing body permits the erection o…
SDCL § 31-25-11 Uniform signs
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The Transportation Commission shall design, produce, and make available a uniform sign pursuant to §
SDCL § 31-25-12 Cost of signs
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The cost of the sign shall be arranged between the governing body and the person applying for it. The sign shall be erected by the governing body. Source: SL 1983, ch 227 , § 3.
SDCL § 31-25-2 Cattle ways authorized--Application to highway authority--Designation of construction particulars--Maintenance by landowner
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Upon application to the Department of Transportation, board of county commissioners, or board of township supervisors, by any person for permission to construct a cattle way across or under any public road, such highway authority maintaining the highway described in the applicati…
SDCL § 31-25-3 Failure of landowner to maintain cattle way--Repair by highway authorities--Recovery of cost
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If any person on whose land a cattle way is constructed pursuant to § 31-25-2 fails to keep the same in repair, the proper board shall cause the same to be repaired and charge the cost thereof to the owner of such cattle way and such cost shall be recovered by a civil action by t…
SDCL § 31-25-4 Livestock guards across county or secondary highways authorized--Guards not considered highway obstruction
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The construction and maintenance of livestock guards over or across county or secondary highways so constructed that automobiles and trucks may pass over the same and which will prevent the passage of livestock across such livestock guards is hereby authorized. The construction a…
SDCL § 31-25-5 Dimensions of livestock guard--Passage for wider vehicles
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All livestock guards shall be at least ten feet wide on the ground. In addition, at one side of such livestock guard there shall be provided or constructed a gate, at least twenty feet wide to accommodate the passage of teams, and wider vehicles. Source: SL 1953, ch 154 , § 2; SL…
SDCL § 31-25-6 Authority of governing body required--Removal of livestock guard on order of governing body
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No livestock guards shall be constructed under § 31-25-4 , unless constructed by or under the express authorization of the governing body having jurisdiction over such highways, provided that such livestock guards may be removed or ordered removed by such governing bodies wheneve…
SDCL § 31-25-7 Appeal from order authorizing or forbidding livestock guard--Procedure for appeal--Trial de novo
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Whenever any interested person shall feel aggrieved by reason of the action of the governing body in authorizing or refusing to authorize the construction, erection, and maintenance of livestock guards, or ordering removal of said livestock guard, such person may within sixty day…
SDCL § 31-25-8 Appeal upon failure of governing body to act on request for authorization
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If any person shall file a request for authorization to construct a livestock guard, with the governing body having jurisdiction over such highway, and the governing body shall fail or neglect to act upon such request at its next regular meeting, such failure or neglect to take a…
SDCL § 31-25-9 Livestock guards constructed prior to enactment of statute
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Sections 31-25-4 to 31-25-8 , inclusive, shall not apply to livestock guards which had been constructed and maintained and were in existence on February 20, 1959. Source: SL 1959, ch 140 , § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 28.09 10-4 .