§ 31-12-1 Established highway systems perpetuated
§ 31-12-2 Change of county highway system–Order of Department of Transportation
§ 31-12-5 Supervision of construction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of system
§ 31-12-6 County system at expense of entire county–Tax levy
§ 31-12-7 Division of system into sections–Recording in county road book or database
§ 31-12-8 Survey and report by superintendent on condition of system and structures
§ 31-12-9 Survey, plans, specifications, and estimates for permanent improvements
§ 31-12-11 Commencement of construction work
§ 31-12-12 Small projects–Advertising, private contract, or county work permitted
§ 31-12-13 Large projects–Advertising for bids or built by day labor–Rejection of bids
§ 31-12-14 Deadline for bids–Advertisement–Rejection of bids
§ 31-12-15 Written contract–Performance bond
§ 31-12-16 Progress payments permitted
§ 31-12-17 Superintendent’s approval of bills before payment
§ 31-12-18 Width of culverts
§ 31-12-24 Supervision of maintenance work by superintendent–Payments from road and bridge fund
§ 31-12-25 Establishment of witness corners required–Violation as petty offense
§ 31-12-26 Responsibility for secondary roads in unorganized territory
§ 31-12-27 Tax levy for secondary roads in unorganized territory
§ 31-12-27.1 Contracts with residents for county road construction and maintenance–Petition–Work performed by highway department or private contract–Payment
§ 31-12-41 Contracts for county maintenance of streets and alleys in municipalities
§ 31-12-42 Vehicle license collections to be used outside municipalities
§ 31-12-43 Indemnity required for construction or survey work within road right-of-way
§ 31-12-44 Repairs for wind and water erosion assessed to private landowner
§ 31-12-45 Approval of conservation district for repair of erosion damage–declaration–notice to landowner
§ 31-12-46 Minimum maintenance roads established
§ 31-12-47 Posting notification of minimum maintenance road
§ 31-12-48 Designation of no maintenance highway–Removal of manmade obstruction
§ 31-12-49 Posting of signs along no maintenance highway
§ 31-12-50 No maintenance highway open to public access–No duty to maintain or improve

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 31 > Chapter 12 - County Highway Systems

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Petty offense: A federal misdemeanor punishable by six months or less in prison. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • 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