<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 43-23-4.1 - Legal fences for buffalo. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065356Normal { 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.s2065356SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065356CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065356Normal-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.s2065356DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065356DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065356000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065356SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065356SCL-000003 { 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="s2065356Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-23-4.1"><span class="s2065356SENU">43-23-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065356SENU">. </span><span class="s2065356CL">Legal fences for buffalo.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065356Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065356DefaultParagraphFont">A legal fence for buffalo is the same as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-23-4"><span class="s2065356DefaultParagraphFont">43-23-4</span></a><span class="s2065356DefaultParagraphFont">, except as provided in this section. A legal fence for buffalo may use smooth wire rather than barbed wire. All posts shall be of sufficient length to provide for fifty</span><span class="s2065356DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2065356DefaultParagraphFont">four inches above the surface, and one additional strand of wire shall be included at fifty</span><span class="s2065356DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065356DefaultParagraphFont">four inches above the earth. The additional cost and maintenance of the legal fence for buffalo, other than an as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-23-4"><span class="s2065356DefaultParagraphFont">43-23-4</span></a><span class="s2065356DefaultParagraphFont">, shall be borne by the owner or caretaker of the buffalo if only one of the parties partitioned possesses the buffalo.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065356Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065356000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065356Normal"><span class="s2065356SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065356SCL-000003"> SL 2001, ch 224, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html>