The following land burdens or servitudes upon land may be attached to other land as incidents or appurtenances, and are called easements:
- (1) The right of pasturage;
- (2) The right of fishing;
- (3) The right of taking game;
- (4) The right of way;
- (5) The right of taking water, wood, minerals, and other things;
- (6) The right of transacting business upon land;
- (7) The right of conducting lawful sports upon land;
- (8) The right of receiving air, light, or heat from or over, or discharging the same upon or over land;
- (9) The right of receiving water from or discharging the same upon land;
- (10) The right of flooding land;
- (11) The right of having water flow without diminution or disturbance of any kind;
- (12) The right of using a wall as a party wall;
- (13) The right of receiving more than natural support from adjacent land or things affixed thereto;
- (14) The right of having the whole of a division fence maintained by a coterminous owner;
- (15) The right of having public conveyances stopped, or of stopping the same on land;
- (16) The right of burial;
- (17) The right of preserving land areas for public recreation, education, or scenic enjoyment;
- (18) The right of preserving historically important land area or structures;
- (19) The right of preserving natural environmental systems.
Source: CivC 1877, § 244; CL 1887, § 2760; RCivC 1903, § 267; RC 1919, § 337; SDC 1939, § 51.0601; SL 1982, ch 296 .