The State Historical Society Board of Trustees may publicly designate an archaeological site of significance to the scientific study of public representation of the state’s historical, prehistorical, or aboriginal past as a state archaeological register site. However, no site may be designated as a state archaeological register site without the express written consent of the state agency having jurisdiction over the land in question or, if it is on privately owned land, of the landowner.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 1-20-30

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1974, ch 11, § 7; SL 2009, ch 1, § 105.

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