{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-43-23-5","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 43-23-5","heading":"Neglect or refusal to erect and maintain half of legal fence--Enforcement by adjoining landowner--Service of notice and demand.","body":"If any owner of any land who is liable for one-half of the expense of erecting and maintaining a partition fence pursuant to § 43-23-1 neglects or refuses to so erect and maintain one-half of a legal fence on the lines separating his land from adjoining land, the owner of the adjoining land may serve upon the delinquent owner a notice in writing demanding that the delinquent owner shall erect or repair, as the case may be, a legal fence along one-half of such line, describing it, within thirty days from the date of the service of the notice and demand upon him.","path":["TITLE 43. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 43-23. PARTITION FENCES"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/43-23-5","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"4123064e6276546f7d2449057e2893805ee4475ed1c3a02b6f7bc42892af2e42","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-43-23-4.1","next":"us-sd/sdcl-43-23-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}