S.D. Codified Laws § 15-3-20
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Partition fence agreement
Official statutory text
Adjacent landowners in an unincorporated area of the state may agree to waive the provisions of this chapter. The agreement may, but need not, be in the following form:
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PARTITION FENCE AGREEMENT
The partition fence separating Tract A and Tract B is for the mutual convenience of the owners. The partition fence does not necessarily reflect the actual or true boundary line separating Tract A and Tract B. The partition fence is placed and constructed to accommodate surface terrain rather than identify the actual legal property lines. To the extent that the partition fence deviates from the legal property line, the owners agree that neither holds the possession adversely to the other as contemplated in South Dakota Codified Laws chapter 15-3 . Due to the cost of replacing and repositioning the partition fence, neither the owner of Tract A or the owner of Tract B at this time desires to do so.
Nothing in this agreement restricts the right of the owner of either tract in the future, to exercise the right to have the partition fence repaired or repositioned upon the legal property line. Ownership and right of possession of the real property and the real estate tax attendant to the real property are governed by the records in the Register of Deeds for ______________ County.
Source: SL 2018, ch 125, § 1.
______________________
PARTITION FENCE AGREEMENT
The partition fence separating Tract A and Tract B is for the mutual convenience of the owners. The partition fence does not necessarily reflect the actual or true boundary line separating Tract A and Tract B. The partition fence is placed and constructed to accommodate surface terrain rather than identify the actual legal property lines. To the extent that the partition fence deviates from the legal property line, the owners agree that neither holds the possession adversely to the other as contemplated in South Dakota Codified Laws chapter 15-3 . Due to the cost of replacing and repositioning the partition fence, neither the owner of Tract A or the owner of Tract B at this time desires to do so.
Nothing in this agreement restricts the right of the owner of either tract in the future, to exercise the right to have the partition fence repaired or repositioned upon the legal property line. Ownership and right of possession of the real property and the real estate tax attendant to the real property are governed by the records in the Register of Deeds for ______________ County.
Source: SL 2018, ch 125, § 1.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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