<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 34A-17-9 - Duration--Amendment by court action. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2058770Normal { 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.s2058770SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2058770CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2058770Normal-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.s2058770DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2058770Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-right: 0; } p.s2058770Normal-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 1.14in; text-indent: -0.44in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-right: 0; } p.s2058770Normal-000003 { 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.s2058770000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2058770SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2058770SCL-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="s2058770Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34A-17-9"><span class="s2058770SENU">34A-17-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058770SENU">. </span><span class="s2058770CL">Duration--Amendment by court action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal-000000"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">(a) An environmental covenant is perpetual unless it is:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal-000001"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    By its terms limited to a specific duration or terminated by the occurrence of a specific event;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Terminated by consent pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=34A-17-10"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">34A-17-10</span></a><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal-000001"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Terminated pursuant to subsection (b);</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal-000001"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Terminated by foreclosure of an interest that has priority over the environmental covenant; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal-000001"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Terminated or modified in an eminent domain proceeding, but only if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal-000002"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">(A)    The agency that signed the covenant is a party to the proceeding;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal-000002"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">(B)    All persons identified in § 34A-17-10(a) and (b) are given notice of the pendency of the proceeding; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal-000002"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">(C)    The court determines, after hearing, that the termination or modification will not adversely affect human health or the environment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If the agency that signed an environmental covenant has determined that the intended benefits of the covenant can no longer be realized, a court, under the doctrine of changed circumstances, in an action in which all persons identified in § 34A-17-10(a) and (b) have been given notice, may terminate the covenant or reduce its burden on the real property subject to the covenant. The agency's determination or its failure to make a determination upon request is subject to review pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal-000003"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) and (b), an environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired through issuance of a tax deed, foreclosure of a tax lien, or application of the doctrine of adverse possession, prescription, abandonment, waiver, lack of enforcement, or acquiescence, or a similar doctrine.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">(d) An environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired by application of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-30"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">43-30</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-30A"><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">43-30A</span></a><span class="s2058770DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058770000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal"><span class="s2058770SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058770SCL-000005"> SL 2005, ch 196, § 9.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2058770Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2058770000004"> </span></p></div></body></html>