<HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 43-16 - LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS 43-16 LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 43-16 LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 43-16"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 43-16 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-16-1">43-16-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Owner of land in fee, right to surface and things beneath or above it. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-16-2">43-16-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Coterminous owner--Right to lateral and subjacent support. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-16-3">43-16-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Land bounded by road or street--Scope of ownership. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-16-4">43-16-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Ownership of tree on land determined by the location of its trunk. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-16-5">43-16-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Boundaries and monuments--Maintenance by coterminous owners. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-16-6">43-16-6</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Monument designating point in boundary--Malicious removal as misdemeanor. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-16-7">43-16-7</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Defacing or altering boundary marker as misdemeanor. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-16-8">43-16-8</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Malicious removal of tree used as boundary marker as misdemeanor.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 - LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065231SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2065231Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-16-1"><span class="s2065231SENU">43-16-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065231SENU">. </span><span class="s2065231CL">Owner of land in fee, right to surface and things beneath or above it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065231Normal-000000"><span class="s2065231DefaultParagraphFont">The owner of land in fee has the right to the surface and to everything permanently situated beneath or above it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065231Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065231000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065231Normal"><span class="s2065231SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065231SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 265; CL 1887, § 2781; RCivC 1903, § 288; RC 1919, § 358; SDC 1939, § 51.0701.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065232Normal { 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.s2065232SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065232CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065232Normal-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.s2065232DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065232000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065232SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065232SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2065232Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-16-2"><span class="s2065232SENU">43-16-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065232SENU">. </span><span class="s2065232CL">Coterminous owner--Right to lateral and subjacent support.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065232Normal-000000"><span class="s2065232DefaultParagraphFont">Each coterminous owner is entitled to the lateral and subjacent support which his land receives from the adjoining land, subject to the right of the owner of the adjoining land to make proper and usual excavations on the same for purposes of construction, on using ordinary care and skill, and taking reasonable precautions to sustain the land of the other, and giving previous reasonable notice to the other of his intention to make such excavations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065232Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065232000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065232Normal"><span class="s2065232SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065232SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 268; CL 1887, § 2784; RCivC 1903, § 291; RC 1919, § 361; SDC 1939, § 51.0702.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065233Normal { 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.s2065233SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065233CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065233Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; 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CL 1887, § 2783; RCivC 1903, § 290; RC 1919, § 360; SDC 1939, § 51.0704.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065234Normal { 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.s2065234SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065234CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065234Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; 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CL 1887, §§ 2785, 2786; RCivC 1903, §§ 292, 293; RC 1919, §§ 362, 363; SDC 1939, § 51.0705.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065235Normal { 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.s2065235SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065235CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065235Normal-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.s2065235DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065235000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065235SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065235SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2065235Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-16-5"><span class="s2065235SENU">43-16-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065235SENU">. </span><span class="s2065235CL">Boundaries and monuments--Maintenance by coterminous owners.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065235Normal-000000"><span class="s2065235DefaultParagraphFont">Coterminous owners are mutually bound equally to maintain the boundaries and monuments between them.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065235Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065235000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065235Normal"><span class="s2065235SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065235SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 272; CL 1887, § 2788; RCivC 1903, § 295; RC 1919, § 365; SDC 1939, § 51.0711.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065236Normal { 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.s2065236SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065236CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065236Normal-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.s2065236DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065236000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065236SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065236SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2065236Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-16-6"><span class="s2065236SENU">43-16-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065236SENU">. </span><span class="s2065236CL">Monument designating point in boundary--Malicious removal as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065236Normal-000000"><span class="s2065236DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who maliciously removes any monument of stone, wood, or other material, erected for the purpose of designating any point in the boundary of any lot or tract of land, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065236Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065236000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065236Normal"><span class="s2065236SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065236SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, § 709, subdiv 1; CL 1887, § 6900, subdiv 1; RPenC 1903, § 730, subdiv 1; RC 1919, § 4337 (1); SDC 1939, § 13.4502 (1); SL 1983, ch 15, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065237Normal { 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.s2065237SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065237CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065237Normal-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.s2065237DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065237000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065237SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065237SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2065237Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-16-7"><span class="s2065237SENU">43-16-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065237SENU">. </span><span class="s2065237CL">Defacing or altering boundary marker as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065237Normal-000000"><span class="s2065237DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who maliciously defaces or alters the marks upon any tree, post, or other monument, made for the purpose of designating any point, course, or line in the boundary of any lot or tract of land, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065237Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065237000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065237Normal"><span class="s2065237SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065237SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, § 709, subdiv 2; CL 1887, § 6900, subdiv 2; RPenC 1903, § 730, subdiv 2; RC 1919, § 4337 (2); SDC 1939, § 13.4502 (2); SL 1983, ch 15, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS </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>