<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 31-3-1 - Dedication to public by continuous use, work, and repair of road--Width--Obtaining right-of-way. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052548Normal { 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.s2052548SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052548CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052548CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052548Normal-000001 { 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.s2052548DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052548Normal-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052548DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052548000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052548SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052548SCL-000005 { 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="s2052548Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=31-3-1"><span class="s2052548SENU">31-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052548SENU">. </span><span class="s2052548CL">Dedication to public by continuous use, work, and repair of road--Width--Obtaining right</span><span class="s2052548CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2052548CL">of</span><span class="s2052548CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2052548CL">way.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052548Normal-000001"><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont">Whenever any road shall have been used, worked, and kept in repair as a public highway continuously for twenty years, the same shall be deemed to have been legally located or dedicated to the public, and shall be and remain a public highway until changed or vacated in some manner provided by law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052548Normal-000002"><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont">Such highway shall be sixty</span><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont">six feet wide and shall be taken equally from each side of the roadbed center line. Nothing herein contained may prevent the highway authority charged with the construction, reconstruction, or repair of any public highway from purchasing or condemning right</span><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont">way for widening the highway to more than sixty</span><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont">six feet or from purchasing or condemning more right</span><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052548DefaultParagraphFont">way on one side of the roadbed center line than on the other, provided they deem it necessary so to do in order to provide a better highway, to avoid destruction of trees or valuable buildings or to avoid unsuitable terrain.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052548Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052548000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052548Normal"><span class="s2052548SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052548SCL-000005"> SDC 1939, § 28.0104; SL 1985, ch 232.</span></p></div></body></html>