<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 7-18A-12 - Affidavit required of circulators of petition. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2035544Normal { 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.s2035544SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035544CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2035544Normal-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.s2035544DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035544000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035544SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2035544SCL-000002 { 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="s2035544Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=7-18A-12"><span class="s2035544SENU">7-18A-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035544SENU">. </span><span class="s2035544CL">Affidavit required of circulators of petition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035544Normal-000000"><span class="s2035544DefaultParagraphFont">Each person who has circulated a petition shall, before filing the petition, sign an affidavit, under oath, verifying that he or she circulated the petition and that either the circulator or the signer added the signer's place of residence and date of signing. If multiple sheets of paper are necessary to obtain the required number of signatures, each sheet shall be self-contained and separately verified by the circulator.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035544Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035544000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2035544Normal"><span class="s2035544SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2035544SCL-000002"> SL 1975, ch 82, § 21; SL 1989, ch 69; SL 2016, ch 44, § 48.</span></p></div></body></html>