Section 34-20B-70.1 - Real property subject to forfeiture--Notice--Knowledge of owner. - South Dakota Statutes

34-20B-70.1. Real property subject to forfeiture--Notice--Knowledge of owner. All real property, including any right, title, and interest in the whole of any platted lot or tract of land which shall be measured in three hundred twenty acre increments, or all of any smaller amount and any appurtenances or improvements, which is used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit or to facilitate the commission of the manufacturing, compounding, processing, delivering, importing, cultivating, exporting, transporting, or exchanging of a controlled substance or ten or more pounds of marijuana, that has not been lawfully manufactured, distributed, dispensed, and acquired is subject to forfeiture under this section. Forfeiture under this chapter of real property encumbered by a bona fide security interest is subject to the interest of the secured party unless the secured party had actual knowledge of the act upon which the forfeiture is based. Notice of forfeiture proceedings shall be given each owner or secured party whose right, title, or interest is of record, at the time of the seizure, with the secretary of state or the register of deeds in the county where such real property is located. A person claiming a security interest bears the burden of establishing that interest by a preponderance of the evidence. No real property may be forfeited under the provisions of this chapter by reason of any act committed by a person other than an owner of the property unless that owner had actual knowledge that the real property was used or intended for use in any of the manners set forth in this chapter.

Source: SL 1989, ch 294, § 1.