<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 43-23-5 - Neglect or refusal to erect and maintain half of legal fence--Enforcement by adjoining landowner--Service of notice and demand. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065357Normal { 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.s2065357SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065357CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065357Normal-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.s2065357DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065357DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065357000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065357SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065357SCL-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="s2065357Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-23-5"><span class="s2065357SENU">43-23-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065357SENU">. </span><span class="s2065357CL">Neglect or refusal to erect and maintain half of legal fence--Enforcement by adjoining landowner--Service of notice and demand.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065357Normal-000000"><span class="s2065357DefaultParagraphFont">If any owner of any land who is liable for one</span><span class="s2065357DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065357DefaultParagraphFont">half of the expense of erecting and maintaining a partition fence pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-23-1"><span class="s2065357DefaultParagraphFont">43-23-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065357DefaultParagraphFont"> neglects or refuses to so erect and maintain one</span><span class="s2065357DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2065357DefaultParagraphFont">half of a legal fence on the lines separating his land from adjoining land, the owner of the adjoining land may serve upon the delinquent owner a notice in writing demanding that the delinquent owner shall erect or repair, as the case may be, a legal fence along one</span><span class="s2065357DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2065357DefaultParagraphFont">half of such line, describing it, within thirty days from the date of the service of the notice and demand upon him.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065357Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065357000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065357Normal"><span class="s2065357SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065357SCL-000003"> SL 1909, ch 197, § 4; RC 1919, § 10534; SDC 1939, § 19.0104; SL 1988, ch 350, § 3; SL 1990, ch 350, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>