GroundRules
SDCL § 43-16-4: Ownership of tree on land determined by the location of its trunk.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 43. PROPERTY
- CHAPTER 43-16. LAND BOUNDARIES, MONUMENTS AND SUBSURFACE RIGHTS
Trees whose trunks stand wholly upon the land of one owner, belong exclusively to him, although their roots grow into the land of another.
Trees whose trunks stand partly on the land of two or more coterminous owners belong to them in common.
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