South Dakota Statutes

§ 43-17-11 — Stream forming new course--Abandonment of ancient stream bed--Owners of newly occupied land take ancient stream bed proportionately.

South Dakota § 43-17-11
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 43PROPERTY
Ch. 43-17WATER BOUNDARIES AND RIPARIAN LANDS

This text of South Dakota § 43-17-11 (Stream forming new course--Abandonment of ancient stream bed--Owners of newly occupied land take ancient stream bed proportionately.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 43-17-11 (2026).

Text

If a stream, navigable or not navigable, forms a new course, abandoning its ancient stream bed, the owners of the land newly occupied take by way of indemnity the ancient stream bed abandoned, each in proportion to the land of which he has been deprived.

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Legislative History

CivC 1877, § 589; CL 1887, § 3212; RCivC 1903, § 905; RC 1919, § 503; SDC 1939, § 51.1106.

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