43-2-2. Property and rights subject to ownership.
There may be ownership of all inanimate things which are capable of appropriation or of manual delivery; of all domestic animals; of all obligations; of such products of labor or skill as the composition of an author, the good will of a business, computer programs, trade marks, service marks, marks and signs, and of rights created or granted by statute.
Source: CivC 1877, §160; CL 1887, §2676; RCivC 1903, §183; RC 1919, §253; SDC 1939, §51.0201; SL 1980, ch 264, §21; SL 1982, ch 300, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 02 - Ownership Of Property
Section 43-2-1 - Ownership defined.
Section 43-2-2 - Property and rights subject to ownership.
Section 43-2-3 - Wild animals subject to ownership.
Section 43-2-4 - Absolute or qualified ownership of property.
Section 43-2-5 - Absolute ownership of property defined.
Section 43-2-6 - Qualified ownership of property defined.
Section 43-2-7 - Public or private ownership of property--State as private proprietor.
Section 43-2-8 - Property owned by state.
Section 43-2-9 - Right of individual to take, hold, and dispose of property.
Section 43-2-10 - Sole ownership of property.
Section 43-2-11 - Ownership of property by several persons.
Section 43-2-12 - Joint tenancy interest--Title created by will or transfer.
Section 43-2-13 - Conveyance of interest in property to spouse--Joint tenancy created.
Section 43-2-14 - Conveyance to two or more grantees creating joint tenancy.
Section 43-2-15 - Partnership interest defined.
Section 43-2-16 - Interest in common defined.
Section 43-2-17 - Interest created in several persons in their own right as interest in common.