South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 41 - Department of Game, Fish And Parks
Article 41:03 - Parks and public lands
Chapter 41:03:04 - Camping permits and rules
Section 41:03:04:05.01 - Campsite reservations - Payment of camping fees - Cancellation fees

Universal Citation: SD Admin Rules 41:03:04:05.01
Current through Register Vol. 51, page 43, September 23, 2024

Nonprofit youth groups may reserve a designated group camping area for up to 14 consecutive nights.

A person may reserve an available campsite at any state park, recreation area, or lakeside use area for up to 14 consecutive nights. After the person has occupied the campsite for 14 consecutive nights, the person shall remove the person's camper unit from the state park, recreational area, or lake side use area, by check-out time the next day, for at least one night, before reserving that site, or another site, at that location.

Camping fees set in subdivisions 41:03:04:03(1) through (3), (7) through (13), and (15) must be paid for the entire duration of a camper's anticipated stay at the time the reservation is made. A person who cancels a reservation for a campsite through the park reservation center or who cancels a reservation for a campsite within 7 days of or after arrival at the park shall pay one-half of one night's camping fee for each campsite reserved. A person who cancels a reservation for a camping cabin or, a modern cabin, a lodge, a suit, a rent-a-camper, or a campsite at French Creek Horse Camp in Custer State Park through the park reservation center within 30 days of or after arrival at the park shall pay a $25 cancellation fee of one-half of one night's rental or camping fee. The department shall refund all other fees for unused days of camping or unused lodging fees except nonrefundable reservation fees.

A person who is a resident of this state shall pay an additional reservation fee of $2 for a reservation made through the park reservation center. A person who is not a resident of this state shall pay an additional reservation fee of $7.70 for a reservation made online and shall pay $9.70 for a reservation made through the park reservation center. The reservation fee is nonrefundable and is payable in advance.

General Authority: SDCL 41-17-1.1(1)(7).

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-24, 41-17-1.1(1)(7).

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