{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-43-20-2","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 43-20-2","heading":"Definition of terms.","body":"Terms used in this chapter mean:\n(1) \"Accessory to a corner,\" any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded. The term includes bearing trees, bearing objects, monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits, mounds, charcoal-filled bottles, steel or wooden stakes, or other similar objects;\n(2) \"Board,\" the Board of Technical Professions;\n(3) \"Corner,\" unless otherwise qualified, a property corner, a property controlling corner, or a public land survey corner;\n(4) \"Monument,\" an accessory that is presumed to occupy the exact position of a corner;\n(5) \"Property controlling corner,\" any corner that may or may not lie on a property line, but that controls the location for one or more property corners;\n(6) \"Property corner,\" a geographic point that controls a property line;\n(7) \"Public land survey corner,\" any corner established and monumented in an original survey or resurvey used as a basis of legal description for issuing a patent for the land to a private person from the state or federal government;\n(8) \"Reference monument,\" a special monument that does not occupy the same geographical position as the corner itself, but whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded and serves to witness the corner;\n(9) \"Survey,\" any field operation in which corners are used to locate streets, roads, utilities, airports, railroads, buildings, dams, canals, drainage ways, or any other works as well as property boundaries;\n(10) \"Registered land surveyor,\" a person who is licensed by the board and is in good standing and legally authorized to practice land surveying in this state.","path":["TITLE 43. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 43-20. PERPETUATION OF SURVEY CORNERS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/43-20-2","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"e8184b884ea6f126c67ffc982e01cdee43a050e6d00b9ed3050b7ce2f6d7f98e","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-43-20-1","next":"us-sd/sdcl-43-20-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}