S.D. Codified Laws § 49-16A-114 (2026)
Unless the person occupying the right-of-way has acquired the right to continue such occupancy by lease, license, purchase, or condemnation within three years of date of abandonment, the right to such occupancy shall cease.
Source: SL 1980, ch 326 , § 3; SL 1981, ch 330 , § 2.