South Dakota § 11-6-36 - Approved plat required for street or utility work after attachment of platting jurisdiction.
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§ 11-6-36. Approved plat required for street or utility work after attachment of platting jurisdiction.
From and after the time when the platting jurisdiction of any municipality has attached by virtue of the adoption of a major street plan as provided in § 11-6-26, the municipality or other public authority may not, except as provided by § 11-6-37, accept, lay out, open, improve, grade, pave, or light any street or lay or authorize the laying of water mains, sewers, connections, or other facilities or utilities in any street within the municipality unless such street has been accepted or opened as, or has otherwise received the legal status of, a public street prior to the adoption of a comprehensive plan, or unless such street corresponds in its location and lines with a street shown on a subdivision plat approved by the council or on a street plat made by the planning commission and adopted by the council or reviewed and approved in accordance with § 11-3-6.
Source: SL 1949, ch 198, § 16; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.3316; SL 1966, ch 145; SL 1975, ch 116, § 20; SL 1999, ch 65, § 19.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11-6-36 ("Approved plat required for street or utility work after attachment of platting jurisdiction.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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