43-2-2. Property and rights subject to ownership.
There may be ownership of all inanimate things which are capable of appropriation or of manual delivery; of all domestic animals; of all obligations; of such products of labor or skill as the composition of an author, the good will of a business, computer programs, trade marks, service marks, marks and signs, and of rights created or granted by statute.
Source: CivC 1877, §160; CL 1887, §2676; RCivC 1903, §183; RC 1919, §253; SDC 1939, §51.0201; SL 1980, ch 264, §21; SL 1982, ch 300, §1.