Title 7 — COUNTIES
39 chapters · 737 sections in this title.
SDCL § 7-6-1 Submission to voters of location of permanent county seat--Publication of notice
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The board of county commissioners of any organized county in this state in which the county seat has not been located by a majority vote, may submit the question of location of the county seat to the voters of its county at the next general election. Notice of the submission of t…
SDCL § 7-6-2 Form and casting of ballots for selection of county seat--Application of general election law
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The ballots used at said election for the location of the county seat shall be in such form as the county commissioners shall prescribe, and such ballots shall be separate from the ballots cast and used for the election of state, county, and other officers, and shall be received …
SDCL § 7-6-3 Time required before resubmission of county seat location
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If upon a canvass of the votes cast, as provided in § 7-6-2 , any municipality shall have received a majority of all votes cast at such election, the question of location of the county seat shall not again be submitted before the expiration of four years; provided that where such…
SDCL § 7-6-4 Relocating county seat--Petition--Verification--Election--Publication of notice
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To relocate a county seat, a petition signed by twenty percent of the registered voters of the county, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, must be filed with the county auditor on or before July first. The county auditor shall,…
SDCL § 7-6-5 Form and casting of ballots on change of county seat--Application of general election law
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The ballots used at said election for the change of the county seat shall be in such form as the board of county commissioners shall prescribe, and such ballots shall be separate from the ballots cast and used for the election of state, county, and other officers and shall be rec…
SDCL § 7-6-6 Time required before resubmission of change of county seat
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If upon a canvass of the votes cast as provided in § 7-6-5 any municipality shall not have received the vote as required by the Constitution, the question of the change of the location of the county seat shall not again be submitted before the expiration of four years. Source: SD…
SDCL § 7-6-7 Moving to new county seat--Time permitted
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If the question to relocate the county seat is approved by the voters as specified in § 7-6-5 , the county officers whose offices are required by law to be kept at the county seat shall remove their respective offices, files, records, office fixtures, furniture, and all other pro…