<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 31-1-1 - Highway defined. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052502Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052502SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052502CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052502Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052502DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052502000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052502SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052502SCL-000002 { 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="s2052502Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=31-1-1"><span class="s2052502SENU">31-1-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052502SENU">. </span><span class="s2052502CL">Highway defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052502Normal-000000"><span class="s2052502DefaultParagraphFont">Every way or place of whatever nature open to the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular travel, is a highway. The term, highway, does not include a roadway or driveway upon grounds owned by private persons, colleges, universities, or other institutions, but the term includes a roadway or driveway upon grounds owned by any state agency, college, university, or institution if the governing agency, board, or commission by resolution so determines and the Department of Transportation concurs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052502Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052502000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052502Normal"><span class="s2052502SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052502SCL-000002"> SL 1929, ch 251, § 1 (n); SDC 1939, § 28.0101; SL 1968, ch 120; SL 2010, ch 145, § 10.</span></p></div></body></html>