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SDCL § 5-4-16: Misdemeanor to start and fail to extinguish open fire regardless of whether in approved fireplace.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 5. PUBLIC PROPERTY, PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS
- CHAPTER 5-4. ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOL AND PUBLIC LANDS
It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to start or allow to start an open fire and fail to extinguish that fire on public lands owned, leased, controlled, or managed by the state or any political subdivision of the state regardless of whether the fire was started in an approved fireplace.
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