<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 20-9-11.5 - Person with possessory interest in land liable for injury to or death under certain conditions where trespassers consistently intrude upon limited area. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045608Normal { 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.s2045608SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045608CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045608Normal-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.s2045608DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045608Normal-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; } p.s2045608Normal-000002 { margin-left: 1.14in; text-indent: -0.44in; 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.s2045608000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045608SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045608SCL-000004 { 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="s2045608Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=20-9-11.5"><span class="s2045608SENU">20-9-11.5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045608SENU">. </span><span class="s2045608CL">Person with possessory interest in land liable for injury to or death under certain conditions where trespassers consistently intrude upon limited area.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045608Normal-000000"><span class="s2045608DefaultParagraphFont">A person with a possessory interest in land may be subject to liability for physical injury or death to a trespasser if the possessor knows, or from facts within the possessor's knowledge should have known, that trespassers consistently intrude upon a limited area of the possessor's land and:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045608Normal-000001"><span class="s2045608DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The trespasser's harm was caused by the possessor's failure to carry on an activity involving a risk of death or serious bodily harm with reasonable care for the trespasser's safety; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045608Normal-000001"><span class="s2045608DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The trespasser's harm was cause by an artificial condition and:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045608Normal-000002"><span class="s2045608DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    The artificial condition was created or maintained by the person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045608Normal-000002"><span class="s2045608DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    The person knew the artificial condition was likely to cause death or serious bodily injury to such a trespasser;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045608Normal-000002"><span class="s2045608DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    The artificial condition was of such a nature that the possessor had reason to believe that the trespasser would not discover it; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045608Normal-000002"><span class="s2045608DefaultParagraphFont">(d)    The person failed to exercise reasonable care to warn the trespasser of the artificial condition and the risk involved.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045608Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045608000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045608Normal"><span class="s2045608SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045608SCL-000004"> SL 2011, ch 111, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html>