38-22-16. Infested land declared public nuisance--Protective operations by secretary.

If any owner of weed or pest infested land fails to rid the land of such infestation and the secretary of agriculture and natural resources finds that such infestation is a menace to neighboring lands or to the state or its people he may declare such infested land to constitute a public nuisance and may enter such infested areas and perform such protective operations as may be necessary.

Source: SL 1945, ch 349, § 8; SL 1949, ch 437; SDC Supp 1960, § 62.0308; SL 1970, ch 225, § 5; SL 1983, ch 282, § 16; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.