2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 43 - Property
Chapter 02A - Alien Ownership Of Agricultural Land
§ 43-2A-2 Maximum alien ownership of agricultural land--Exceptions.

43-2A-2. Maximum alien ownership of agricultural land--Exceptions. No alien, who is not a resident of this state, of some state or territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia; and no foreign government shall hereafter acquire agricultural lands, or any interest therein, exceeding one hundred sixty acres, except such as may be acquired by devise or inheritance, and such as may be held as security for indebtedness. The provisions of this section do not apply to citizens, foreign governments or subjects of a foreign country whose right to hold land are secured by treaty.

Source: SL 1979, ch 291, ยง 1.

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