<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 46A-4-3.1 - Petition--Signing by electors--Form--Affidavit of circulator. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2067248Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2067248SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2067248CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2067248Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2067248DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2067248000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2067248Normal-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2067248SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2067248SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=46A-4-3.1"><span class="s2067248SENU">46A-4-3.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2067248SENU">. </span><span class="s2067248CL">Petition--Signing by electors--Form--Affidavit of circulator.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal-000000"><span class="s2067248DefaultParagraphFont">Each elector signing a petition shall add to the elector's signature, in the elector's own handwriting, the elector's post office address, the legal description of sufficient land to qualify as an elector, and the date of signing. The petition may contain any number of pages, and each page shall have an identical heading. Any number of identical petition forms may be circulated as a part of the petition. Every page of a petition containing signatures shall have below the signatures an affidavit by the circulator in substantially the following form:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2067248000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal"><span class="s2067248DefaultParagraphFont">State of South Dakota    )</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal-000000"><span class="s2067248DefaultParagraphFont">) SS</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal"><span class="s2067248DefaultParagraphFont">County of ______________    )</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal-000002"><span class="s2067248DefaultParagraphFont">I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am the circulator of the foregoing petition containing __________ signatures; that each person whose name appears on the petition sheet personally signed the petition in the presence of the affiant; that the affiant believes that each of the signers is an owner or entryman of the land described opposite the signer's signature, to be included within the proposed district, and residing at the address written opposite the signer's name; and that affiant stated to every petitioner before the petitioner affixed his or her signature the legal effect and nature of the petition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2067248DefaultParagraphFont">    ___________________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2067248DefaultParagraphFont">    Circulator </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal-000002"><span class="s2067248DefaultParagraphFont">Subscribed and sworn to before me this ________ day of ________, 20____.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2067248DefaultParagraphFont">    ___________________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2067248DefaultParagraphFont">    Notary Public </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2067248000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2067248Normal"><span class="s2067248SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2067248SCL-000003"> SL 1984, ch 294, § 4; SL 2011, ch 165, § 332.</span></p></div></body></html>