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2017 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 43 - PROPERTY
Chapter 17 - Water Boundaries And Riparian Lands
§ 43-17-12 New arm of stream--Island formed by division belongs to owner of shore.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 43-17-12 (2017)
43-17-12. New arm of stream--Island formed by division belongs to owner of shore. If a stream, navigable or not navigable, in forming itself a new arm, divides itself and surrounds land belonging to the owner of the shore and thereby forms an island, the island belongs to such owner.
Source: CivC 1877, § 588; CL 1887, § 3211; RCivC 1903, § 904; RC 1919, § 502; SDC 1939, § 51.1109.
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