South Dakota Codified Laws 11-8-50. Eminent domain power for urban renewal–Property devoted to prior public use
A municipality shall have the right to acquire by condemnation any interest in real property, including a fee simple title thereto, which it may deem necessary for or in connection with an urban renewal project and related activities under this chapter. A municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in chapter 21-35, or it may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner now or which may be hereafter provided by any other statutory provisions for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner; provided, that no real property belonging to the United States, the state, or any political subdivision of the state, may be acquired without its consent.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 11-8-50
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Real property: includes all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest, right and use, legal or equitable, therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage or otherwise. See South Dakota Codified Laws 11-8-1
Source: SL 1966, ch 149, § 9.