# S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-5: Remedies against nuisances enumerated

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C10_S21-10-5

## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 21-10-5
- **Heading:** Remedies against nuisances enumerated
- **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 21-10-5

## Text

Remedies against any nuisance are:

(1) A civil action;

(2) Abatement; and

(3) In cases of public nuisance only, the additional remedy of indictment or information as prescribed by statute and rules relating thereto.

Source: CivC 1877, §§ 2054, 2055, 2059; CL 1887, §§ 4688, 4689, 4693; RCivC 1903, §§ 2400, 2401, 2405; RC 1919, §§ 2073, 2074, 2086; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.4707.

## 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)
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- [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)
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- [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)
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- [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)
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