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South Dakota Statutes, Title 41

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Title 41, GAME, FISH, PARKS AND FORESTRY

26 chapters · 489 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 41489 Ch 6, GAME AND FISH LICENSES AND PERMITS90 Ch 2, STATE DEPARTMENT OF GAME, FISH AND PARKS48 Ch 8, HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASONS AND METHODS34 Ch 15A, INTERSTATE WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACT34 Ch 17, STATE PARKS32 Ch 14, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION AND SALE …26 Ch 10, PRIVATE SHOOTING PRESERVES22 Ch 18, COUNTY PARKS22 Ch 1, DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS20 Ch 23, RECREATIONAL USE OF NONMEANDERED WATERS19 Ch 15, ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND PROCEDURES16 Ch 3, STATE AND FEDERAL CONSERVATION ACTIV…15 Ch 12, FISHING SEASONS AND METHODS15 Ch 4, LAND ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT BY STATE14

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SDCL § 41-4-1 Acquisition of private property authorized--Condemnation resolution and proceedings
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The Department of Game, Fish and Parks may acquire or condemn private property if the property is necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this title. If the Game, Fish and Parks Commission deems it necessary to take or condemn any private property for such purposes, the…
SDCL § 41-4-1.1 Notice to landowner required prior to purchase of land
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Before the Department of Game, Fish and Parks purchases any land pursuant to § 41-2-19 , 41-2-21 , 41-2-24 , 41-4-1 , or 41-4-3 the department shall notify the owners of any land, which is located adjacent to the land sought to be purchased by the department, that the department …
SDCL § 41-4-10 Use of unused section-line roads for game production--Notice and cooperation by eastern political subdivisions
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The Department of Game, Fish and Parks may acquire by gift or lease, from willing landowners, the right to maintain unused, terminated, or abandoned section-line rights-of-way as game production areas. This section does not apply to section lines where roads have never been devel…
SDCL § 41-4-11 Supervision of certain islands in Missouri River--Purposes of use--Sand and gravel contracts

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Any island or accumulation of land formed in the bed of a navigable stream or meandered lake on the Missouri River below the Fort Randall Power Plant and Lake Francis Case, belonging to the state as provided by § 5-2-4 , is under the supervision of the secretary of the Department…

SDCL § 41-4-12 "Hunting guide" defined

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For purposes of this section and § 41-4-13 , a hunting guide is a person who holds himself or herself out to the public as a hunting guide and, for compensation or remuneration, directs or provides services to any person for the purpose of hunting any wild animal. Source: SL 1998…

SDCL § 41-4-13 Hunting guide activities barred from certain state - owned or state - managed areas--Violations

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No person, acting as a hunting guide as defined in § 41-4-12 , may guide any hunting activity on state - owned or managed game production areas, state parks, recreation areas, and lakeside use areas, federal land leased or under agreement to the state which is posted as a game pr…

SDCL § 41-4-2 Condemnation costs payable from departmental fund--Vouchers and warrants

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Payment for lands acquired by eminent domain, including the cost and expenses of condemnation proceedings, shall be paid out of the Department of Game, Fish and Parks fund, and such part of such fund as may be necessary is hereby appropriated for such purposes, and the state audi…

SDCL § 41-4-3 Nonresident small game license fees paid into land acquisition and development fund--Use for game production areas and public shooting areas

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Three dollars received from the sale of each nonresident small game license shall be placed in a fund to be known as the land acquisition and development fund. The moneys from this fund shall be used for the following purposes: (1) To acquire by purchase or lease real property to…

SDCL § 41-4-4 Procedure for timber sales

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All timber sold from lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Game, Fish and Parks shall be sold in the manner provided by §§ 41-4-5 to 41-4-7 , inclusive. Source: SL 1945, ch 90 , § 8; SDC Supp 1960, § 25.1309 (3); redesignated § 25.1308 by SL 1966, ch 73 , § 2.

SDCL § 41-4-5 Timber sales on sealed bids or at auction--Negotiated small sales

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The Department of Game, Fish and Parks, at its discretion, may sell timber valued in excess of three hundred dollars either by the filing of sealed bids or at public auction. Sales of timber valued at less than three hundred dollars may be made by negotiation and without the nece…

SDCL § 41-4-6 Publication of notice of timber sales--Contents

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The Department of Game, Fish and Parks shall publish notice of timber sales in three official newspapers in the county or vicinity in which the timber is located, once each week for at least two consecutive weeks before the sales date. The notice shall set forth the approximate b…

SDCL § 41-4-7 Minimum price of timber sales--Sale to highest bidder--Rejection of bids and readvertisement

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No sale may be made under §§ 41-4-4 to 41-4-6 , inclusive, unless the sum offered is at least ninety percent of the appraised value of the timber as fixed by the state forester, and all sales shall be made to the highest responsible bidder. The Department of Game, Fish and Parks …

SDCL § 41-4-8 State-owned areas subject to taxation for county, township, and school purposes--Assessment and extension of levies

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All state-owned lands, known as public shooting areas, acquired under the provisions of §§ 41-2-19 to 41-2-21 , inclusive, or which may hereafter be so acquired, and all state-owned game production lands or areas and controlled hunting areas, are subject to taxation by the local …

SDCL § 41-4-9 Reimbursement of lessees of state-owned land condemned by United States

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If the United States of America condemns and takes by eminent domain any realty owned by the State of South Dakota that is held and administered by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks and if the department has given leases for the property to private parties before the condemn…