South Dakota § 43-16-2 - Coterminous owner--Right to lateral and subjacent support.
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§ 43-16-2. Coterminous owner--Right to lateral and subjacent support.
Each coterminous owner is entitled to the lateral and subjacent support which his land receives from the adjoining land, subject to the right of the owner of the adjoining land to make proper and usual excavations on the same for purposes of construction, on using ordinary care and skill, and taking reasonable precautions to sustain the land of the other, and giving previous reasonable notice to the other of his intention to make such excavations.
Source: CivC 1877, § 268; CL 1887, § 2784; RCivC 1903, § 291; RC 1919, § 361; SDC 1939, § 51.0702.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 43-16-2 ("Coterminous owner--Right to lateral and subjacent support.") 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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