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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 43 - Property » Chapter 23 - Partition Fences » Section 43-23-4.1 – Legal fences for buffalo.

43-23-4.1. Legal fences for buffalo.

A legal fence for buffalo is the same as provided in §43-23-4, except as provided in this section. A legal fence for buffalo may use smooth wire rather than barbed wire. All posts shall be of sufficient length to provide for fifty-four inches above the surface, and one additional strand of wire shall be included at fifty-four inches above the earth. The additional cost and maintenance of the legal fence for buffalo, other than an as provided in §43-23-4, shall be borne by the owner or caretaker of the buffalo if only one of the parties partitioned possesses the buffalo.

Source: SL 2001, ch 224, §3.