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10-5 SITUS OF PROPERTY FOR TAXATION
CHAPTER 10-5

SITUS OF PROPERTY FOR TAXATION

10-5-1      Real estate assessed where situated.
10-5-2      Road, bridge, or railroad property assessed within county.
10-5-3 to 10-5-4.1. Repealed.
10-5-5      Merchants' and manufacturers' property assessed at place of business.
10-5-6      Repealed.
10-5-7      Repealed.
10-5-8 to 10-5-14. Repealed.
10-5-15      Appeal from county commissioners on decision as to place of assessment.
10-5-16      Appeal from secretary of revenue on decision as to place of taxation--Appeal bond.
10-5-17      Time of appeal from secretary--Transcript--Hearing de novo and judgment.
10-5-18      Improvements on leased sites owned by municipality subject to levy by municipality.



10-5-1Real estate assessed where situated.

Real estate, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be assessed in the taxing district and by the director of equalization of the subdivision in which it is situated.

Source: SDC 1939, § 57.0323; SL 1989, ch 82, § 41.



10-5-2Road, bridge, or railroad property assessed within county.

The track, road, or bridge, and the equipment and appurtenances thereunto belonging, of any railroad, street railway, plank road, gravel road, logging road, turnpike, or bridge company, or of any person or corporation owning and using any such track, road, or bridge as one of the facilities for the transaction of its business, when such track, road, or bridge lies wholly within one county, shall be assessed in the county, municipality, or district where such track, road, or bridge and the appurtenances thereto are located. This chapter shall not apply to the property of any railroad company in this state whose property is assessed for the purposes of taxation by the Department of Revenue.

Source: SDC 1939, § 57.0323; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.



10-5-3
     10-5-3 to 10-5-4.1.   Repealed by SL 1992, ch 80, §§ 18 to 20.



10-5-5Merchants' and manufacturers' property assessed at place of business.

Merchants' and manufacturers' property pertaining to the business carried on shall be assessed in the county, municipality, or district where the business is carried on and the property located for such purpose.

Source: SL 1901, ch 55, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 2059; RC 1919, § 6673; SDC 1939, § 57.0323; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.



10-5-6
     10-5-6.   Repealed by SL 1992, ch 80, § 21.



10-5-7
     10-5-7.   Repealed by SL 1978, ch 72, § 10.



10-5-8
     10-5-8 to 10-5-14.   Repealed by SL 1992, ch 80, §§ 22 to 28.



10-5-15Appeal from county commissioners on decision as to place of assessment.

Any taxpayer may appeal to the secretary of revenue from any action taken by the board of county commissioners within thirty days from the date of such action.

Source: SDC 1939, § 57.0329; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.



10-5-16Appeal from secretary of revenue on decision as to place of taxation--Appeal bond.

An appeal from any decision of the secretary of revenue under the provisions of § 10-5-15 may be taken by the person aggrieved to the circuit court in and for the county designated by the secretary of revenue as the proper county for assessing the property in question, upon filing a bond with sufficient penalty and one or more sureties to be approved by the secretary of revenue, conditioned that the appellant will prosecute his appeal without delay and pay all costs that he may be adjudged to pay in such court; such bond shall be executed to the county, and may be sued in the name of the county upon breach of any condition therein.

Source: SDC 1939, § 57.0329; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.



10-5-17Time of appeal from secretary--Transcript--Hearing de novo and judgment.

An appeal under § 10-5-16 shall be taken within thirty days after the decision of the secretary of revenue by serving written notice on him; and the secretary of revenue shall, upon the filing of the bond, make out a transcript relating to the matter of his decision thereon and shall transmit the same to the clerk of the circuit court. Such appeal shall be filed by the first day of the next term of the circuit court after the decision of the secretary of revenue and such cause shall stand for trial at such term. All appeals thus taken to the circuit court shall be docketed as other causes pending therein, and the same shall be heard and determined de novo, and the circuit court shall make its final judgment.

Source: SDC 1939, § 57.0329; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.



10-5-18Improvements on leased sites owned by municipality subject to levy by municipality.

Any building or improvement on a leased site owned by a municipality and classified for taxation pursuant to § 10-4-2.1 is subject to levy by the municipality that owns the leased site. This section does not apply to any property situated in a township organized pursuant to chapter 8-1.

Source: SL 1982, ch 88.