S.D. Codified Laws § 7-30-6 (2026)
The form of the lease shall be such as may have been prescribed by the board of county commissioners, provided, whenever the leasing of a legal subdivision of less than one quarter section containing a water privilege or right shall jeopardize the leasing price of the remaining acreage of said quarter section, no lease of a legal subdivision shall be granted to the lessee unless the lessee shall lease the entire quarter section.
Source: SL 1937, ch 86 , § 4; SDC 1939, § 12.2214.