<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 31-18-5 - Liability for unimproved section line. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2053055Normal { 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.s2053055SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053055CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2053055Normal-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.s2053055DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053055000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053055SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2053055SCL-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="s2053055Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=31-18-5"><span class="s2053055SENU">31-18-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053055SENU">. </span><span class="s2053055CL">Liability for unimproved section line.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053055Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053055DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=20-9-16"><span class="s2053055DefaultParagraphFont">20-9-16</span></a><span class="s2053055DefaultParagraphFont">, a landowner owes no duty of care to keep an unimproved section line safe for entry or use by any uninvited person for an outdoor recreational purpose or tourism activity. The landowner does not have a duty to give any warning of a dangerous condition, use, or structure on an unimproved section line to any uninvited person entering for an outdoor recreational purpose or tourism activity, except for any condition created by the willful and wanton act of the landowner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053055Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053055000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2053055Normal"><span class="s2053055SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2053055SCL-000002"> SL 2017, ch 124, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>