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43-13-2. Easements--Definition--Classification. The following land burdens or servitudes upon land may be attached to other land as incidents or appurtenances, and are called easements:
(1) The right of pasturage;
(2) The right of fishing;
(3) The right of taking game;
(4) The right of way;
(5) The right of taking water, wood, minerals, and other things;
(6) The right of transacting business upon land;
(7) The right of conducting lawful sports upon land;
(8) The right of receiving air, light, or heat from or over, or discharging the same upon or over land;
(9) The right of receiving water from or discharging the same upon land;
(10) The right of flooding land;
(11) The right of having water flow without diminution or disturbance of any kind;
(12) The right of using a wall as a party wall;
(13) The right of receiving more than natural support from adjacent land or things affixed thereto;
(14) The right of having the whole of a division fence maintained by a coterminous owner;
(15) The right of having public conveyances stopped, or of stopping the same on land;
(16) The right of burial;
(17) The right of preserving land areas for public recreation, education, or scenic enjoyment;
(18) The right of preserving historically important land area or structures;
(19) The right of preserving natural environmental systems.

Source: CivC 1877, § 244; CL 1887, § 2760; RCivC 1903, § 267; RC 1919, § 337; SDC 1939, § 51.0601; SL 1982, ch 296.