<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 43-16-8 - Malicious removal of tree used as boundary marker as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065238Normal { 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.s2065238SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065238CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065238Normal-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.s2065238DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065238000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065238SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065238SCL-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="s2065238Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-16-8"><span class="s2065238SENU">43-16-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065238SENU">. </span><span class="s2065238CL">Malicious removal of tree used as boundary marker as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065238Normal-000000"><span class="s2065238DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who maliciously cuts down or removes any tree upon which marks have been made for the purpose of designating any point, course, or line in the boundary of any lot or tract of land, with intent to destroy such marks, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065238Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065238000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065238Normal"><span class="s2065238SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065238SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, § 709, subdiv 3; CL 1887, § 6900, subdiv 3; RPenC 1903, § 730, subdiv 3; RC 1919, § 4337 (3); SDC 1939, § 13.4502 (3); SL 1983, ch 15, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html>