8-2-12. Remedies for trespass on township lands.
Whenever any action is brought to recover a penalty imposed for any trespass committed on the lands belonging to the township, if it appears on the trial thereof that the actual amount of injury to such lands in consequence of such trespass exceeds the sum of twelve dollars and fifty cents, the amount of actual damage with costs of suit shall be recovered in such action instead of any penalty for such trespass imposed by the township meeting, and such recovery shall be a bar to every other action for the same trespass.
Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §87; PolC 1877, ch 23, §75; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §96; CL 1887, §809; RPolC 1903, §1102; RC 1919, §6120; SDC 1939, §58.0812.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 02 - Powers And Obligations Of Organized Townships
Section 8-2-1 - General corporate and regulatory powers.
Section 8-2-2 - Transactions and conveyances in township name.
Section 8-2-3 - Proceedings by and against township in township name.
Section 8-2-6 - Township public library services.
Section 8-2-7 - Liability insurance purchased by township.
Section 8-2-8 - Regulatory powers of township containing unincorporated town.
Section 8-2-10 - Powers restricted to those expressly granted.
Section 8-2-11 - Publication of township bylaws and changes--Effect.
Section 8-2-12 - Remedies for trespass on township lands.
Section 8-2-14.1 - Deferred compensation program for volunteer advanced life support personnel.
Section 8-2-15 - Regulation and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries.
Section 8-2-16 - Enrollment in group health, life, and disability income insurance plans--Premiums.