SDCL § 46A-10A-90: Injury or obstruction of drainage as misdemeanor--Civil liability.

Any person who intentionally removes a surveyor's stake set along the line of a drain, obstructs or injures a drain or watercourse used for drainage, or breaks down or injures a levee governed by the provisions of this chapter and chapter 46A-11:

(1) Is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor; and

(2) Is liable for damages in an amount required to repair the injury, such damages to be recovered in a civil action by the board. Damages, when collected, shall be deposited with the county treasurer and credited to the construction and maintenance fund of the project.

Source: SL 1985, ch 362, § 91.