46-4-1.1. Nonnavigable stream–Right to construct and maintain dam.
Any person owning land through which any nonnavigable stream passes may construct and maintain a dam across the nonnavigable stream if the course of the water is not changed, vested rights are not interfered with and no land flooded other than that belonging to the owner of the dam or upon which an easement for that purpose has been secured.
Source: SL 1983, ch 318, §2.