Constitution · South Dakota

S.D. Const. art. VIII, § 10

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Constitution of South Dakota
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October 2026

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Trespassers' claims to public lands not recognized--Improvements not compensated. No claim to any public lands by any trespasser thereon by reason of occupancy, cultivation or improvement thereof, shall ever be recognized; nor shall compensation ever be made on account of any improvements made by such trespasser. History: Repeal proposed by SL 1975, ch 4, rejected Nov. 2, 1976.

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