Section 43-30-17 - Certain property conveyances under Water Resources Development Act exempt from platrequirements--Filing of survey references, maps, etc.
43-30-17. Certain property conveyances under Water Resources Development Act exempt from plat requirements--Filing of survey references, maps, etc.. Any conveyance of property to or by South Dakota or any of its political subdivisions obtained from the United States of America, acting by and through the secretary of the Army, pursuant to and under authority of title VI of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53) as amended by the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-541), or any portion thereof, that is described by individual or cumulative metes and bounds descriptions or that is described by points of beginning and termination, water or contour elevations, federal engineering survey references, maps, highways, and other rights-of-way is exempt from the provisions of chapter 11-3 and chapter 43-21, provided the description contains references to the affected section, township, and range. The grantee shall furnish, if available, any copies of federal engineering survey references, maps, rights-of-way, and other documents describing conveyances of the property to or by South Dakota or any of its political subdivisions to the director of equalization in each county wherein the conveyances are filed. The exemption contained in this section does not apply to any conveyance of property title to private ownership.
Source: SL 2002, ch 199, § 1.