59 chapters · 1,120 sections in this title.
SDCL § 9-3-1 Minimum population of municipalities
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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 munic…
SDCL § 9-3-1.1 Minimum distance from existing municipality--Exceptions
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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: (1) The incorporated municipality refuses or fails to annex a territory that is c…
SDCL § 9-3-10 Balloting--Majority required for incorporation--Name of municipality
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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. If a majority of the qualified vot…
SDCL § 9-3-11 Canvass and return of votes
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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 m…