# S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-3: Public and private nuisances defined

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-3

## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-3
- **Heading:** Public and private nuisances defined
- **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SD Code / Title 21 / Chapter 10 / Section 21-10-3

## Text

A public nuisance is one which affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon the individuals may be unequal. Every other nuisance is private.

Source: CivC 1877, §§ 2048, 2049; CL 1887, §§ 4682, 4683; RCivC 1903, §§ 2394, 2395; RC 1919, §§ 2067, 2068; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.4702.

## Nearby sections

- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-1 Acts and omissions constituting nuisances](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-2 Acts under statutory authority not deemed nuisance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-2.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-3 Public and private nuisances defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-3.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-4 Public nuisance not legalized by lapse of time](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-4.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-5 Remedies against nuisances enumerated](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-5.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-6 Abatement of nuisance--Notice required--Taxing cost of abatement--Civil action](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-6.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-7 Damages for past injury recoverable after abatement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-7.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-8 Liability of successive owners for continuing nuisance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-8.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-9 Persons entitled to maintain civil action against nuisance--Injunction and damages recoverable](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-9.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-10 House of ill fame declared nuisance--Injunction and abatement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-10.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-11 State's attorney or citizen entitled to maintain action for injunction against house of ill fame](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-11.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-12 Temporary injunction against house of ill fame--Proof required--Notice to defendant](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-12.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-13 Binding effect on defendant of injunction against house of ill fame--Violation as contempt](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-13.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-14 Approval required for dismissal of action against house of ill fame--Substitution of parties plaintiff](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-14.md)

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