SDCL § 31-3-34: Appeal to circuit court--Time allowed.

Any person who is a resident or landowner of such county or of land lying within ten miles of the boundaries of such county and who feels aggrieved by the final decision of the board in awarding or refusing to award damages in locating, vacating, or changing any public highway under the provisions of this chapter, or, notwithstanding the provisions of § 31-3-14, any person who is a resident or landowner of such county or of land lying within ten miles of the boundaries of such county and who feels aggrieved by the final decision of the board in locating, vacating, or changing any public highway under the provisions of this chapter, may appeal from such decision to the circuit court for the county within thirty days after the date on which the decision of the board has become effective by serving a written notice of appeal describing the decision from which appeal is being taken upon one of the members of the board by one of the methods prescribed in § 15-6-4. The appeal so taken shall be docketed as other causes pending in such court, and the same shall be heard and determined de novo.