<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 45-5A-6 - Responsibilities of developer. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2066290Normal { 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.s2066290SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066290CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2066290Normal-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.s2066290DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066290000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066290SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066290SCL-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="s2066290Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=45-5A-6"><span class="s2066290SENU">45-5A-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066290SENU">. </span><span class="s2066290CL">Responsibilities of developer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066290Normal-000000"><span class="s2066290DefaultParagraphFont">The mineral developer is responsible for all damages to property, real or personal, resulting from the lack of ordinary care by the mineral developer. The mineral developer is also responsible for all damages to property, real or personal, resulting from an interference caused by mineral development.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066290Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066290000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066290Normal"><span class="s2066290SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066290SCL-000002"> SL 1982, ch 304, § 6; SL 2011, ch 165, § 194.</span></p></div></body></html>