Title 5, PUBLIC PROPERTY, PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS

When lands granted to the state by act of Congress approved February 22, 1889, have been or shall be lost to the state by reason of being otherwise disposed of by the United States prior to survey, or when, prior to survey, any of such lands have been or shall be included in a re…

The commissioner of school and public lands is authorized and directed to ascertain and locate the general grants of land made by Congress to this state and when such commissioner shall find that sections sixteen and thirty - six or any part thereof, in any township of the state,…

When the commissioner of school and public lands shall ascertain that sections sixteen and thirty - six or any part thereof granted to the state have been actually settled upon prior to the survey thereof by the general government, and are occupied by bona fide settlers, claiming…

When the commissioner of school and public lands shall ascertain that sections sixteen and thirty - six, or any part thereof, granted to the state, are or have been lawfully included and embraced within any forest or other reservation established under or by authority of any act …

When the commissioner of school and public lands ascertains that what, if surveyed, would be sections sixteen and thirty - six, or any part thereof, granted to the state, falls upon any lake or navigable river, and that the quantity of land intended to be conveyed as sections six…

The commissioner of school and public lands may exchange, with the approval of the Governor and following a public hearing, any common school, indemnity, or endowment land for any land located within the State of South Dakota of like appraised value. The commissioner may also exc…

The State of South Dakota, when exchanging land pursuant to § 5-3-7 or selling land pursuant to chapter 5-9 , may hold a perpetual conservation easement preserving the archaeological and paleontological aspects on such land to protect the public interest. The conveyance documents…

All islands and accumulations of land formed in the beds of navigable streams and meandered lakes, except on the Missouri River below the Fort Randall power plant and Lake Francis Case, belonging to the state shall be under the supervision of the commissioner of school and public…