<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 20-9-11.4 - Person with possessory interest in land liable for injury to or death of young child for certain artificial conditions on land. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045607Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2045607SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045607CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045607Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2045607DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045607Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2045607000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045607SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045607SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045607Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=20-9-11.4"><span class="s2045607SENU">20-9-11.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045607SENU">. </span><span class="s2045607CL">Person with possessory interest in land liable for injury to or death of young child for certain artificial conditions on land.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045607Normal-000000"><span class="s2045607DefaultParagraphFont">A person with a possessory interest in land may be subject to liability for physical injury or death to a child thirteen years of age or younger resulting from an artificial condition on the land if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045607Normal-000001"><span class="s2045607DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The person knew or had reason to know that children of that age were likely to trespass at the location of the artificial condition; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045607Normal-000001"><span class="s2045607DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The condition is one the person knew or reasonably should have known involved an unreasonable risk or death or serious bodily harm to such children; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045607Normal-000001"><span class="s2045607DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The injured child did not discover the artificial condition or realize the risk involved in the artificial condition or the risk coming within the area made dangerous by it; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045607Normal-000001"><span class="s2045607DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    The utility to the person of maintaining the artificial condition and the burden of eliminating the danger were slight as compared with the risk to the child involved; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045607Normal-000001"><span class="s2045607DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    The person failed to exercise reasonable care to eliminate the danger or otherwise protect the injured child.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045607Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045607000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045607Normal"><span class="s2045607SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045607SCL-000003"> SL 2011, ch 111, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html>