{"id":"DUT-SD-017","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Dakota","state":"SD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"South Dakota Legislature (codified statute)","authority":"S.D. Codified Laws title 21 (Judicial Remedies), ch. 21-10 (Remedies Against Nuisances)","instrument":"SDCL 21-10-1 and 21-10-5, Acts and omissions constituting nuisances; remedies","title":"Nuisance defined to include omitting to perform a duty that endangers the health or safety of others; remedies by civil action, abatement and, for public nuisances, indictment","dateIssued":"2026-09-29","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-29","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises"],"clause":"A nuisance consists in unlawfully doing an act, or omitting to perform a duty, which act or omission either: (1) Annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, repose, health, or safety of others;... (4) In any way renders other persons insecure in life, or in the use of property.","enforcement":"Civil action; abatement; indictment or information for a public nuisance (21-10-5)","functions":[],"notes":"Any act or omission of duty that \u0027endangers the... health, or safety of others\u0027 is a nuisance remediable by civil action, abatement and, where public, indictment or information (21-10-5); with SDCL 9-29-13 and 34-16-19 it is the standing law under which a business practice that spread disease could be abated, and it is the standard the health directives particularized.","sourceUrl":"https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/21-10.html?all=true","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":256483,"grade":"primary","character":"sanitary_code_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-SD","url":"/library/DUT-SD-017","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-SD-017","citation":"South Dakota Legislature (codified statute), SDCL 21-10-1 and 21-10-5, Acts and omissions constituting nuisances; remedies (standing) (Ex. DUT-SD-017)","stateName":"South Dakota","related":["DUT-SD-005","DUT-SD-007","DUT-SD-010","DUT-SD-011"]}