South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 25 - Fences, Cattle Ways And Livestock Guards
Section 31-25-5 - Dimensions of livestock guard--Passage for wider vehicles.

31-25-5. Dimensions of livestock guard--Passage for wider vehicles.
All livestock guards shall be at least ten feet wide on the ground. In addition, at one side of such livestock guard there shall be provided or constructed a gate, at least twenty feet wide to accommodate the passage of teams, and wider vehicles.

Source: SL 1953, ch 154, §2; SL 1959, ch 140, §2; SDC Supp 1960, §28.0910-2.

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South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 31 - Highways and Bridges

Chapter 25 - Fences, Cattle Ways And Livestock Guards

Section 31-25-1 - Fences across highways--Petition by adjacent landowners--Notice and hearing--Gates or grates required.

Section 31-25-1.1 - Fences erected across unimproved section-line highways--Gates--Access to highways protected--Violation as misdemeanor.

Section 31-25-2 - Cattle ways authorized--Application to highway authority--Designation of construction particulars--Maintenance by landowner.

Section 31-25-3 - Failure of landowner to maintain cattle way--Repair by highway authorities--Recovery of cost.

Section 31-25-4 - Livestock guards across county or secondary highways authorized--Guards not considered highway obstruction.

Section 31-25-5 - Dimensions of livestock guard--Passage for wider vehicles.

Section 31-25-6 - Authority of governing body required--Removal of livestock guard on order of governing body.

Section 31-25-7 - Appeal from order authorizing or forbidding livestock guard--Procedure for appeal--Trial de novo.

Section 31-25-8 - Appeal upon failure of governing body to act on request for authorization.

Section 31-25-9 - Livestock guards constructed prior to enactment of statute.

Section 31-25-10 - Regulatory signs for unfenced roads in livestock grazing area--Application for erection.

Section 31-25-11 - Uniform signs.

Section 31-25-12 - Cost of signs.