<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 43-13-6.1 - Owner of servient tenement cannot hold servitude--Exception for creator.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065Normal { 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.s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065Statute { 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.s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; 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.s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065SCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 43-13-6.1 - Owner of servient tenement cannot hold servitude--Exception for creator."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 43-13-6.1 - Owner of servient tenement cannot hold servitude--Exception for creator."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/43-13-6.1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=43-13-6.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065SENU">43-13-6.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065SENU">. </span><span class="s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065CL">Owner of servient tenement cannot hold servitude--Exception for creator.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065Statute"><span class="s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065DefaultParagraphFont">An easement or servitude created by an owner is valid and effective, notwithstanding the common ownership of the benefited and burdened property, at the time of creation or after reacquisition of the property by the creator of the easement or servitude.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s4be47c58ea0e4887ae092e2214318065SCL">SL 2025, ch 182, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>