Section 31-33-5 – Adoption of arterial street system by governing body–Recording with Department of Transportation.
31-33-5. Adoption of arterial street system by governing body–Recording with Department of Transportation. Each municipal governing body shall after due deliberation and consultation with county and state officials regarding the selection of the roads and streets that are to constitute its arterial street system take the necessary action to adopt said system and shall forward […]
Section 31-33-6 – Filing map and description of system in county and city auditor’s offices and city engineer’s office.
31-33-6. Filing map and description of system in county and city auditor’s offices and city engineer’s office. The governing body of each municipality designating an arterial street system shall in addition to filing map and description of said system with the Department of Transportation cause certified copy of said map and description to be filed […]
Section 31-32-14 – Approved ingress and egress excepted from highway use restriction.
31-32-14. Approved ingress and egress excepted from highway use restriction. The provisions of §31-32-13 do not, in any way, interfere with the rights of any person to use such means of ingress or egress to a place of business as are approved as to safety and design by the Department of Transportation and as are […]
Section 31-32-4 – Intentional destruction of tollhouse or turnpike gate–Felony.
31-32-4. Intentional destruction of tollhouse or turnpike gate–Felony. Every person who intentionally injures or destroys any tollhouse or turnpike gate is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Source: PenC 1877, §688; CL 1887, §6877; RPenC 1903, §706; RC 1919, §4310; SDC 1939, §13.4517.
Section 31-32-5 – Placing barbed wire across traveled road without visible obstruction–Petty offense–Civil liability.
31-32-5. Placing barbed wire across traveled road without visible obstruction–Petty offense–Civil liability. Any person who shall place a barbed wire fence across any traveled road, whether the same be or be not a public highway, without at the same time building an obstruction across said road outside of and not farther away from said fence […]
Section 31-32-6 – Duty to notify where bridge or highway is obstructed.
31-32-6. Duty to notify where bridge or highway is obstructed. It shall be the duty of every person who so injures or obstructs any bridge or highway as to render the same unsafe immediately to put up a danger sign and use diligence to notify one or more of the members of the board or […]
Section 31-32-7 – Destruction, etc., of highway grade or ditch–Violation as misdemeanor.
31-32-7. Destruction, etc., of highway grade or ditch–Violation as misdemeanor. No unauthorized person may injure any highway by removing, destroying, or otherwise altering the grade constructed for such highway or by filling, obstructing, or otherwise altering the ditch which drains the grade of such highway or otherwise injures such highway in any manner. A violation […]
Section 31-32-8 – Civil liability for violating § 31-32-3.1, 31-32-6, or 31-32-7–Attorney fees.
31-32-8. Civil liability for violating §31-32-3.1, 31-32-6, or 31-32-7–Attorney fees. Any person violating the provisions of §31-32-3.1, 31-32-6, or 31-32-7, in addition to the judgments authorized by those sections, shall also be liable in a civil action to the township, county, municipality, or other public corporation to which the highway, highway right-of-way, or bridge belonged, […]
Section 31-32-9 – Duty of governing body to remove obstructions or repair–Recovery of expense from wrongdoer–Temporary obstruction for building purposes.
31-32-9. Duty of governing body to remove obstructions or repair–Recovery of expense from wrongdoer–Temporary obstruction for building purposes. The governing body or board having charge of any street, road, or highway shall cause rock, stone, glass, or other obstruction placed in the street, road, or highway, to be removed, or in the event that the […]
Section 31-32-10 – Duty of governing body to give notice of dangerous road–Time for notice–Guards–Guards along abandoned roadway–Violation as petty offense.
31-32-10. Duty of governing body to give notice of dangerous road–Time for notice–Guards–Guards along abandoned roadway–Violation as petty offense. If any highway, culvert, or bridge is damaged by flood, fire or other cause, to the extent that it endangers the safety of public travel, the governing body responsible for the maintenance of such highway, culvert, […]