If any owner of weed or pest infested land fails to rid the land of such infestation and the secretary of agriculture and natural resources finds that such infestation is a menace to neighboring lands or to the state or its people he may declare such infested land to constitute a public nuisance and may enter such infested areas and perform such protective operations as may be necessary.

Source: SL 1945, ch 349 , § 8; SL 1949, ch 437 ; SDC Supp 1960, § 62.0308; SL 1970, ch 225 , § 5; SL 1983, ch 282 , § 16; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3 ), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.