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, in the amount as may be recovered against the township, county, municipality, or other public corporation, including a reasonable amount for attorney's fees, on account of the injury or obstruction referred to in §31-32-3.1, 31-32-6, or 31-32-7.
Source: SL 1917, ch 258, §2; RC 1919, §8588; SDC 1939, §28.9908; SL 2017, ch 126, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 31 - Highways and Bridges
Chapter 32 - Highway Obstructions And Defects
Section 31-32-1 - Intentionally damaging highway or bridge--Felony.
Section 31-32-3.2 - Authorized dumping on highway right-of-way.
Section 31-32-4 - Intentional destruction of tollhouse or turnpike gate--Felony.
Section 31-32-6 - Duty to notify where bridge or highway is obstructed.
Section 31-32-7 - Destruction, etc., of highway grade or ditch--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 31-32-8 - Civil liability for violating § 31-32-3.1, 31-32-6, or 31-32-7--Attorney fees.
Section 31-32-12 - Bridges over ditches and canals excepted from notice requirements.
Section 31-32-13 - Business requiring use of highway by customers as misdemeanor--Exceptions.
Section 31-32-14 - Approved ingress and egress excepted from highway use restriction.
Section 31-32-15 - Unlawful use of right-of-way as public nuisance.
Section 31-32-16 - Objects likely to fall on highway as public nuisance.
Section 31-32-17 - Negotiation with owner for abatement of nuisance.
Section 31-32-18 - Failure of owner to abate nuisance--Civil action--Cost charged against owner.