<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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7Normal { text-align: center; 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.s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7HG4 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7HG4C { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3"><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="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7HG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7Normal"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7HG4C">INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Minimum population of municipalities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Minimum distance from existing municipality--Exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Survey and map showing proposed municipal boundaries--Affidavit of surveyor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Census of proposed municipality--Contents--Verification.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Survey, map, and census--Public inspection.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Voters' petition as application for incorporation--Number of signers--Petition contents--Name--Presentation to county commissioners.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    County commissioners' order for election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed by SL 1999, ch 37, §§ 5 to 7.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Balloting--Majority required for incorporation--Name of municipality.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Canvass and return of votes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    County commissioners' order--Conclusive effect.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Adjustment of claims--Municipality and civil township.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-14" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Canvass of votes on incorporation--Filing--Recording--Registry maintained by secretary of state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-15" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed by SL 1974, ch 118, § 200.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-18" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Election by plurality at first election--Tie vote--Notice to persons elected.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-18.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-18.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Elected official--Term of office.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-19" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-20" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Validity of incorporation questioned only by state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-21" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Validation of prior incorporation of municipalities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-22" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-23" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-24" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-27" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-28" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-29" rel="noopener"><span class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">9-3-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2698a84bc5e649c982c229d962214ca7DefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2084454Normal { 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.s2084454SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084454CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2084454Normal-000000 { 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.s2084454DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084454000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084454SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2084454SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-1 - Minimum population of municipalities."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-1 - Minimum population of municipalities."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-1"><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="s2084454Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2084454SENU">9-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084454SENU">. </span><span class="s2084454CL">Minimum population of municipalities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084454Normal-000000"><span class="s2084454DefaultParagraphFont">A municipality may not be incorporated unless it contains at least one hundred legal residents and at least forty-five registered voters. For the purposes of this section, a person is a legal resident in the proposed municipality if the person actually lives in the proposed municipality for at least ninety days of the three hundred sixty-five days immediately preceding the filing of the petition or is an active duty member of the armed forces whose home of record is within the proposed municipality.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084454Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084454000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2084454Normal"><span class="s2084454SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2084454SCL-000002"> PolC 1877, ch 24, § 2; CL 1887, § 1023; RPolC 1903, § 1418; SL 1909, ch 73; RC 1919, § 6172; SDC 1939, § 45.0302; SL 2016, ch 48, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-1.1 - Minimum distance from existing municipality--Exceptions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-1.1 - Minimum distance from existing municipality--Exceptions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-1.1"><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="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496SENU">9-3-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496SENU">. </span><span class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496CL">Minimum distance from existing municipality--Exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496Statute"><span class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496DefaultParagraphFont">A municipality may not be incorporated if any part of the proposed municipality lies within three miles of any point on the perimeter of the corporate limits of an incorporated municipality, unless:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496StatuteNumber1"><span class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496DefaultParagraphFont"> incorporated municipality refuses or fails to annex a territory that is contiguous to the incorporated municipality after the contiguous territory has properly petitioned the municipality to be annexed as provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-4-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496DefaultParagraphFont">9-4-1</span></a><span class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496DefaultParagraphFont">; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496StatuteNumber1"><span class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496DefaultParagraphFont"> territory to be incorporated has a post office and:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496StatuteNumber2"><span class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Is in a different county than the incorporated municipality; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496StatuteNumber2"><span class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    The incorporated municipality has a population of less than five thousand.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s8920947d91c841f5b962c32330f90496SCL">SL 1971, ch 54; SL 1987, ch 74; SL 2016, ch 48, § 2; SL 2024, ch 28, § 20; SL 2024, ch 29, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036082Normal { 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.s2036082SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036082CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036082Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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CL 1887, § 1022; RPolC 1903, § 1417; RC 1919, § 6171; SDC 1939, § 45.0301; SL 2016, ch 48, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8Normal { 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.saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-3 - Census of proposed municipality--Contents--Verification."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-3 - Census of proposed municipality--Contents--Verification."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-3"><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="saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-3" rel="noopener"><span class="saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8SENU">9-3-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8SENU">. </span><span class="saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8CL">Census of proposed municipality--Contents--Verification.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8Statute"><span class="saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8DefaultParagraphFont">Any person making application for the organization of a proposed municipality shall cause an accurate census to be taken of the landowners and the legal resident population of the proposed municipality not more than thirty days prior to the time of presenting the application to the board of county commissioners. The census must list the name of each landowner and legal resident residing in the proposed municipality. The census must be verified by the affidavit of the person taking the census.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="saa379c59b9154efab0f115d557ab5ef8SCL">SDC 1939, § 45.0302; SL 1999, ch 37, § 1; SL 2016, ch 48, § 4; SL 2024, ch 28, § 21.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s667f2d3cc4a64ed9b616d37e4f5c8201Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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CL 1887, § 1024; RPolC 1903, § 1419; RC 1919, § 6173; SDC 1939, § 45.0303; SL 2016, ch 48, § 5; SL 2024, ch 28, § 22.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6Normal { 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.s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; 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} span.s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-5 - Voters' petition as application for incorporation--Number of signers--Petition contents--Name--Presentation to county commissioners."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-5 - Voters' petition as application for incorporation--Number of signers--Petition contents--Name--Presentation to county commissioners."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-5"><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="s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6SENU">9-3-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6SENU">. </span><span class="s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6CL">Voters' petition as application for incorporation--Number of signers--Petition contents--Name--Presentation to county commissioners.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6Statute"><span class="s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6DefaultParagraphFont">The application for incorporation of a proposed municipality must be by a petition verified by the circulator and signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the qualified voters who are either residents and registered voters in the proposed municipality or landowners in the proposed municipality who are also registered voters of this state. The application shall identify the type of government to be formed, the number of trustees, commissioners, or wards in the proposed municipality, the boundaries and area according to the survey, and the legal resident population according to the census taken. The application must include the name of the proposed municipality. The name may not be the same as any incorporated municipality in the state. The application must be filed with the county auditor and heard at a regular or special meeting of the board of county commissioners within sixty days of being filed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s02d3e08e30e94f1a91391f6fa59cd5a6SCL">SDC 1939, § 45.0304; SL 1987, ch 67, § 20; SL 1999, ch 37, § 2; SL 2016, ch 48, § 6; SL 2024, ch 28, § 23.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207Normal { 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.s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207Statute { 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.s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207NoIndent { 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.s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-6 - County commissioners' order for election."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-6 - County commissioners' order for election."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-6"><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="s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207SENU">9-3-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207SENU">. </span><span class="s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207CL">County commissioners' order for election.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207Statute"><span class="s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207DefaultParagraphFont">After the public hearing on the application, if the board of county commissioners determines the requirements of this chapter have been met, the board must set a date for an election on the question of whether the proposed municipality is to be incorporated. The election must be conducted pursuant to title 12.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s1f864490d26f430e95557ab1c92bb207SCL">SDC 1939, § 45.0305; SL 1999, ch 37, § 3; SL 2024, ch 28, § 24.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036087Normal { 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%; 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} p.s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050Normal { 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.s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050Statute { 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.s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050NoIndent { 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.s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-10 - Balloting--Majority required for incorporation--Name of municipality."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-10 - Balloting--Majority required for incorporation--Name of municipality."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-10"><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="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050SENU">9-3-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050SENU">. </span><span class="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050CL">Balloting--Majority required for incorporation--Name of municipality.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050Statute"><span class="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050DefaultParagraphFont">The vote upon the question of incorporation of a proposed municipality must be by ballot that conforms to a ballot for a statewide question, except that the statement required to be printed on the ballot must be prepared by the state's attorney.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050Statute"><span class="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050DefaultParagraphFont">If a majority of the qualified voters, who are either residents and registered voters in the proposed municipality or landowners in the proposed municipality and are registered voters in this state, vote in favor of the incorporation, the proposed municipality is incorporated by the name and style specified in the application for incorporation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s68842f217ad1496eb1fd81712a86e050SCL">CL 1887, § 1030; SL 1901, ch 74, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1425; RC 1919, § 6179; SDC 1939, § 45.0309; SL 2006, ch 29, § 4; SL 2024, ch 28, § 25.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617Normal { 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.sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; 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} span.sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-11 - Canvass and return of votes."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-11 - Canvass and return of votes."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-11"><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="sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-11" rel="noopener"><span class="sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617SENU">9-3-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617SENU">. </span><span class="sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617CL">Canvass and return of votes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617Statute"><span class="sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617DefaultParagraphFont">After the canvass of the vote, the county auditor shall make a verified statement showing the whole number of ballots cast, together with the number voting for and the number voting against incorporation and shall return the same to the board of county commissioners at its next meeting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sb903d06e8aea448098c35dec38703617SCL">CL 1887, § 1030; SL 1901, ch 74, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1425; RC 1919, § 6180; SDC 1939, § 45.0310; SL 2024, ch 28, § 26.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51Normal { 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.sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-12 - County commissioners' order--Conclusive effect."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-12 - County commissioners' order--Conclusive effect."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-12"><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="sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-12" rel="noopener"><span class="sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51SENU">9-3-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51SENU">. </span><span class="sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51CL">County commissioners' order--Conclusive effect.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51Statute"><span class="sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51DefaultParagraphFont">If satisfied of the legality of the election, the board of county commissioners must make an order declaring that the proposed municipality is incorporated by the name adopted. The order is conclusive of the fact of the incorporation in all suits by or against the municipality.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sb3deda69b3b74853955e97ffc373cb51SCL">CL 1887, § 1030; SL 1901, ch 74, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1425; RC 1919, § 6180; SDC 1939, § 45.0310; SL 2024, ch 28, § 27.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9Normal { 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.s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9Statute { 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.s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9NoIndent { 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.s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-13 - Adjustment of claims--Municipality and civil township."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-13 - Adjustment of claims--Municipality and civil township."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-13"><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="s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9SENU">9-3-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9SENU">. </span><span class="s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9CL">Adjustment of claims--Municipality and civil township.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9Statute"><span class="s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9DefaultParagraphFont">Within the sixty days following the order declaring the incorporation, the board of county commissioners has full power to settle and adjust all claims and accounts existing between the municipality and the civil township or townships that formed a part of the municipality previous to its incorporation. The board shall immediately proceed to settle and adjust the claims and accounts with due regard for the interests of all concerned.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s630aef93bb1c41499788b029b20887a9SCL">CL 1887, § 1030; SL 1901, ch 74, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1425; RC 1919, § 6181; SDC 1939, § 45.0311; SL 2024, ch 28, § 28.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14Normal { 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.se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14Statute { 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.se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14NoIndent { 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.se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-14 - Canvass of votes on incorporation--Filing--Recording--Registry maintained by secretary of state."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-14 - Canvass of votes on incorporation--Filing--Recording--Registry maintained by secretary of state."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-14"><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="se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-14" rel="noopener"><span class="se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14SENU">9-3-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14SENU">. </span><span class="se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14CL">Canvass of votes on incorporation--Filing--Recording--Registry maintained by secretary of state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14Statute"><span class="se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14DefaultParagraphFont">Within thirty days of the order declaring incorporation, the county auditor shall file a certified copy of the canvass of the votes showing the result of the election held on the question of incorporation with the register of deeds and the secretary of state. The register of deeds shall record the certified copy. The secretary of state shall keep a registry of all incorporated municipalities within the state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="se0614b9867084bbb8025792b0c9f1b14SCL">RPolC 1903, § 1177; SL 1913, ch 119, § 8; RC 1919, § 6162; SDC 1939, § 45.0105; SL 2024, ch 28, § 29.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036093Normal { 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.s2036093SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036093CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2036093Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-3-15"><span class="s2036093SENU">9-3-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036093SENU">, 9-3-16. </span><span class="s2036093CL">Repealed by SL 1974, ch 118, § 200.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1Normal { 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.s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-17 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-17 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-17"><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="s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1SENU">9-3-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1SENU">. </span><span class="s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1CL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s04bf5c5217fb441b9412a58604b003f1SCL">SDC 1939, § 45.0313; SL 1981, ch 44, § 17; SL 1986, ch 65; SL 1999, ch 37, § 4; SL 2024, ch 28, § 38.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697Normal { 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.s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-18 - Election by plurality at first election--Tie vote--Notice to persons elected."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-18 - Election by plurality at first election--Tie vote--Notice to persons elected."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-18"><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="s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-18" rel="noopener"><span class="s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697SENU">9-3-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697SENU">. </span><span class="s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697CL">Election by plurality at first election--Tie vote--Notice to persons elected.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697Statute"><span class="s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697DefaultParagraphFont">The person having the highest number of votes respectively for each office to be filled is declared elected. If there is a tie, the county auditor must determine by lot the person deemed elected. The county auditor shall notify each person elected of the person's election within two days after the result of the election is declared.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s0a5abc8e98b44964857d7ef8479ea697SCL">PolC 1877, ch 24, § 16; CL 1887, § 1037; RPolC 1903, § 1432; SL 1905, ch 170; RC 1919, § 6183; SDC 1939, § 45.0313; SL 2024, ch 28, § 30.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2NoIndent { 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.s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-18.1 - Elected official--Term of office."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-18.1 - Elected official--Term of office."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-18.1"><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="s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-18.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2SENU">9-3-18.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2SENU">. </span><span class="s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2CL">Elected official--Term of office.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2Statute"><span class="s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2DefaultParagraphFont">Each official elected at the first election shall hold office until the first Monday of the next following May or until a successor is elected and qualified.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s084a49e9e6da4366b809f63e5d48baf2SCL">SL 2024, ch 28, § 31.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcNormal { 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.s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fc000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-19 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-19 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-19"><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="s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-19" rel="noopener"><span class="s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcSENU">9-3-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcSENU">. </span><span class="s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcCL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fc000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s6086a4cbc9204196ae4c2fe8a56958fcSCL">PolC 1877, ch 24, § 17; CL 1887, § 1038; RPolC 1903, § 1433; RC 1919, § 5953; SDC 1939, § 12.0909; SL 2024, ch 28, § 39.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933Normal { 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.sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-20 - Validity of incorporation questioned only by state."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-20 - Validity of incorporation questioned only by state."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-20"><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="sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-20" rel="noopener"><span class="sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933SENU">9-3-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933SENU">. </span><span class="sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933CL">Validity of incorporation questioned only by state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933Statute"><span class="sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933DefaultParagraphFont">The validity of the incorporation of any municipality may only be challenged in an action or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of the state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sdf7acb5e2e5843edb0492c98d3d4d933SCL">PolC 1877, ch 24, § 53; CL 1887, § 1078; RPolC 1903, § 1467; RC 1919, § 6159; SDC 1939, § 45.0111; SL 2024, ch 28, § 32.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036098Normal { 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.s2036098SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036098CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036098Normal-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.s2036098DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036098000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036098SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036098SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2036098Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-3-21"><span class="s2036098SENU">9-3-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036098SENU">. </span><span class="s2036098CL">Validation of prior incorporation of municipalities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036098Normal-000000"><span class="s2036098DefaultParagraphFont">In all cases where application has, before July 1, 1939, been made for the organization of a municipality and such municipality has assumed to act as a municipality, the organization thereof is hereby in all things legalized, ratified, and declared valid, notwithstanding any errors, omissions, or informalities therein.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036098Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036098000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036098Normal"><span class="s2036098SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036098SCL-000002"> SL 1907, ch 6; SL 1907, ch 8; RC 1919, § 6184; SDC 1939, § 45.0314; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2Normal { 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.s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-22 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-22 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-22"><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="s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-22" rel="noopener"><span class="s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2SENU">9-3-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2SENU">. </span><span class="s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2CL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s02ab627f7bac465ebd58e8d4b64db0a2SCL">SL 1970, ch 55, § 1; SL 2024, ch 28, § 40.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953Normal { 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.s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-23 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-23 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-23"><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="s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-23" rel="noopener"><span class="s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953SENU">9-3-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953SENU">. </span><span class="s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953CL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s68b49f406f3241589e48502d547ed953SCL">SL 1970, ch 55, § 6; SL 2024, ch 28, § 41.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afNormal { 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.sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4af000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-24 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-24 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-24"><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="sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-24" rel="noopener"><span class="sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afSENU">9-3-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afSENU">. </span><span class="sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afCL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4af000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sbbda929f1cb8487c867a45627477c4afSCL">SL 1970, ch 55, § 2; SL 2024, ch 28, § 42.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cNormal { 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.sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946c000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-25 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-25 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-25"><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="sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-25" rel="noopener"><span class="sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cSENU">9-3-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cSENU">. </span><span class="sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cCL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946c000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sff1cee362b5447b5ba2b3bf2504c946cSCL">SL 1970, ch 55, § 3; SL 2024, ch 28, § 43.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6Normal { 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.s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-26 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-26 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-26"><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="s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6SENU">9-3-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6SENU">. </span><span class="s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6CL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s4bfee7c3f6834d9181bb53ddc3d1b7f6SCL">SL 1970, ch 55, § 4; SL 2021, ch 43, § 2; SL 2024, ch 28, § 44.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febNormal { 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.s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052feb000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-27 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-27 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-27"><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="s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-27" rel="noopener"><span class="s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febSENU">9-3-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febSENU">. </span><span class="s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febCL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052feb000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s70b906a97d2d4bd1a88e3ca66b052febSCL">SL 1970, ch 55, § 5; SL 2024, ch 28, § 45.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efNormal { 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.s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961ef000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 9-3-28 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-28 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-28"><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="s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-28" rel="noopener"><span class="s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efSENU">9-3-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efSENU">. </span><span class="s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efCL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961ef000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="s146fcdd3b88b482e9e3b7045405961efSCL">SL 2001, ch 41, § 1; SL 2024, ch 28, § 46.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 9-3 - INCORPORATION OF MUNICIPALITIES</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fNormal { 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.sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806f000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fSCL { 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 9-3-29 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 9-3-29 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/9-3-29"><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="sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=9-3-29" rel="noopener"><span class="sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fSENU">9-3-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fSENU">. </span><span class="sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fCL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806f000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fDefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sde69a26404194d8893cf90784092806fSCL">SL 2001, ch 41, § 2; SL 2024, ch 28, § 47.</span></p></div></body></html>