Section 22-36-1 - Nuisances for which punishment not otherwise prescribed--Failure to remove publicnuisance--Misdemeanor.
22-36-1. Nuisances for which punishment not otherwise prescribed--Failure to remove public nuisance--Misdemeanor. Any person who maintains or commits any public nuisance, the punishment for which is not otherwise prescribed, or who intentionally does not perform any legal duty relating to the removal of a public nuisance, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. However, if any person has been served with personal notice by a law enforcement agency concerning the condition of such person's property and that person fails to abate the public nuisance within sixty days of receipt of the personal notice, such person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1432; SL 1976, ch 158, § 36-1; SL 2004, ch 145, § 2.