<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 9-14-10 - Vacancy created by removal of officer from municipality or ward--Failure to qualify for office. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036359Normal { 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.s2036359SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036359CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036359Normal-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.s2036359DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036359000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036359SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036359SCL-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="s2036359Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-14-10"><span class="s2036359SENU">9-14-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036359SENU">. </span><span class="s2036359CL">Vacancy created by removal of officer from municipality or ward--Failure to qualify for office.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036359Normal-000000"><span class="s2036359DefaultParagraphFont">The removal of any municipal officer from the ward or municipality for which the officer was elected or appointed, or the officer's failure, within ten days after the first meeting of the month following the election or appointment, to qualify and begin the duties of office, causes a vacancy in the office.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036359Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036359000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036359Normal"><span class="s2036359SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036359SCL-000002"> SL 1890, ch 37, art III, § 3; SL 1890, ch 37, art XIV, § 11; RPolC 1903, § 1294; SL 1913, ch 119, § 113; RC 1919, § 6274; SDC 1939, § 45.1108; SL 2016, ch 50, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html>