Vacancy in Office of Governor

S.D. Const. art. IX, § 9 — under County and Municipal Corporations.

S.D. Const. art. IX, § 9

Vacancy in Office of Governor

If the office of the governor shall be vacant by reason of death, resignation, impeachment or inability to serve, the lieutenant governor shall shall fill the office of governor, and exercise the powers and authority appertaining thereto, until a governor is qualified to act, or until the office is filled at the next election.