South Dakota § 43-16-2 Coterminous owner--Right to lateral and subjacent support.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 43-16-2 — Coterminous owner--Right to lateral and subjacent support.

South Dakota § 43-16-2

Title 43PROPERTY

Ch. 43-16LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 43-16-2 (2026).

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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.

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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.