46-6-18. Plugging abandoned or forfeited well by owner–“Owner” defined.
Any abandoned or forfeited well shall be plugged by its owner so that no leaking of its waters occurs underground or over the surface. The owner of property on which an abandoned or forfeited well is located is deemed to be the owner of the well.
Source: SL 1955, ch 431, §1; SDC Supp 1960, §61.0412; SL 1983, ch 314, §107.