<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 9-1-5 - Governing body authorizes contracts--Execution--Delegation of authority.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5SCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-1-5 - Governing body authorizes contracts--Execution--Delegation of authority."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-1-5 - Governing body authorizes contracts--Execution--Delegation of authority."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-1-5"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-1-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5SENU">9-1-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5SENU">. </span><span class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5CL">Governing body authorizes contracts--Execution--Delegation of authority.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5Statute"><span class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5DefaultParagraphFont">No contract of a municipality is valid unless the contract has been authorized by a vote of the governing body at an official meeting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5Statute"><span class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5DefaultParagraphFont">Each written contract must be executed in the name of the municipality by the mayor or president of the board of trustees, be countersigned by the finance officer, and have the corporate seal attached. However, the governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance or resolution, delegate to any employee of the municipality the authority to enter into a contract on behalf of the municipality and to execute the contract and any other instrument necessary or convenient for the performance of the contract subject to the limitations delegated by the governing body.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s5010e6a950194fd99e0d19de2677e3a5SCL">RPolC 1903, § 1332; SL 1909, ch 110, § 8; SL 1913, ch 119, § 67; RC 1919, § 6347; SL 1921, ch 297; SL 1925, ch 235; SDC 1939, § 45.0107; SL 2006, ch 34, § 1; SL 2024, ch 28, § 12.</span></p></div></body></html>