Title 7 — COUNTIES

All amounts collected as entrance money, admission fees, concessions, rentals, or otherwise, pertaining to such county fair shall be paid into the general fund of the county, and all expenses, costs, premiums, and purses incurred and paid on account of such county fair shall be p…

In counties having a county fair board, or a lease - working agreement with a nonprofit corporation, such fair board or nonprofit corporation may be authorized to collect all of the above - mentioned receipts, pay all expenses, costs, premiums, and purses, and after the payment o…

Associations or nonprofit operating corporations may be formed to serve on behalf of any county or two or more counties jointly for the purpose of holding and conducting annual fairs or exhibitions to promote and encourage agriculture, horticulture, stock - raising, and general d…

It shall be lawful for the boards of county commissioners of the counties embraced within the territory covered by the articles of the fair association or corporation operating under the provisions of this chapter, to appropriate for the aid of such association or nonprofit opera…

The county financial aid provided for in this chapter for fair associations and corporations shall be paid at the time or times determined by the county commission in its discretion. Source: SL 1907, ch 107 , § 1; SL 1909, ch 49 ; SL 1911, ch 102 ; SL 1913, ch 142 ; RC 1919, § 79…

The terms of any contract and the negotiations for any contract between a board of commissioners, county fair board, fair association, or nonprofit operating corporation and any performers or entertainers at a fair or exhibition may be kept confidential. However, sixty days after…

It shall be lawful for the county commissioners in their discretion to purchase, including by contract for deed or lease with purchase option, or lease or acquire by gift, bequest, or otherwise, land in such county and to erect or lease and maintain, repair, remodel, and otherwis…

If land or buildings leased by a county or by the county fair board or nonprofit operating corporation for fair grounds is owned by any other public corporation or subdivision, a lease thereof may be made for any period not to exceed ninety - nine years and all public corporation…

In all cases where lands have been granted to any county for public purposes and any part thereof has been sold and the purchase money or any part thereof shall be due and unpaid, all proceedings necessary to recover possession of such lands or to enforce the payment of the purch…

A board of county commissioners may, with the approval of the appropriate department of the State of South Dakota or the federal government, exchange scattered and isolated tracts and sections of land belonging to such county for lands belonging to the State of South Dakota or to…

The various counties of this state are hereby empowered to take advantage of the act of Congress of March 20, 1922, (42 U.S. Stat., 465) and acts amendatory thereto, relating to the consolidation of national forests, and for that purpose the board of county commissioners of any c…

All mineral rights to such lands sold and conveyed to the United States Government pursuant to § 7-29-16 shall be reserved to the county, and such deeds of conveyances shall provide therein that any and all mineral rights in and to said lands are expressly reserved to the county.…

Whenever the board of county commissioners determines that it is in the public interest, and, in particular, to the interest of the county, said board is hereby authorized to donate by quitclaim deed to the United States of America the vested and after - acquired title to any lan…

The board of county commissioners is hereby granted the power to appropriate moneys out of the general funds of the county for the purpose of acquiring lands, easements, rights of way, and any other interests in lands to be donated to the United States as provided in § 7-29-18 , …

Any county of this state is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase property, with money from its general fund or otherwise, and thereafter to transfer and convey such property so purchased to any municipal corporation within or partly within the boundary of such county in ex…

All instruments of conveyance of real property made by any county prior to January 1, 1992, which real property was acquired by such county through tax deed proceedings or in satisfaction of school fund mortgages or by compromise with insolvent banks or through foreclosure or set…

All instruments of conveyance of real property made by any county prior to January 1, 1992, which real property was acquired by such county through tax deed proceedings, or by any other means or from any other source, are, notwithstanding any omissions, irregularities, or defects…

Every county shall have power to lease or sell on a negotiated basis and to convey any of its real property to a municipality or the state or another county, or to a nonprofit local industrial development corporation as defined by § 7-29-24 and located therein, to be used by such…

''Local industrial development corporation," as that term is used in § 7-29-23 , is an enterprise incorporated under the laws of the State of South Dakota, formed for the purpose of furthering the economic development of a community and its environs, and with authority to promote…

By unanimous vote of its members, a board of county commissioners may give, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed to, any of its lands suitable for parks or recreation areas to the State of South Dakota or to first and second class municipalities in the manner provided …

By unanimous vote of its members, a board of county commissioners may give, lease or convey, upon such terms and on such conditions as the board shall set forth, personal and real property to corporations organized under chapter 47-22 , if the property is to be used exclusively b…

By majority vote of its members, a board of county commissioners may lease or convey, upon such conditions as the board shall set forth, real property for the purpose of providing health care. Source: SL 1989, ch 30 , § 21.

All real estate belonging to any county in this state, and not required for immediate public use, may be leased as hereinafter provided. Such real estate, except such as is located within the area of a cooperative grazing association and leased to such association, shall be offer…

The commissioners are authorized to rent such property for residence purposes only for a term not exceeding one year, and subject to the right of sale of the same by the county, and without any guaranty of title and possession by the county, provided the leasing of such property …

When a tract is offered for lease and no satisfactory bid is received therefor, the legal subdivisions thereof, if any, may be separately offered; or such tract may be offered in connection with contiguous tracts which have been offered and for which no acceptable bid has been re…

Any tracts not leased at said annual auction or acquired thereafter may be privately leased by the county auditor, but for not less than the minimum price set by the board of county commissioners and for the current year only. Source: SL 1937, ch 86 , § 7; SDC 1939, § 12.2217.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to prevent the board of county commissioners from leasing all such real estate, except residence property, after the auction date on such terms and conditions as the board may determine. Source: SDC 1939, § 12.2217; SL 1983, ch 49 …

If such real estate is to be leased for residence purposes only, and does not include the lease of any agricultural or grazing lands, it may be leased on terms of month - to - month leasing by resolution of the county commissioners without public auction or advertising. The resol…

Any lessee of county real estate of the character described in § 7-30-1 shall upon application to the board of county commissioners be granted a permit to build a dam on the leased land for the collection and storage of surface water thereon, if the written approval of the federa…

Any lessee who constructs a dam pursuant to the permit described in § 7-30-15 and has received a certificate executed by the federal district range program inspector is entitled to payment as provided in § 7-30-17 , unless the lessee defaults in the terms of the lease, abandons t…

No quarter section, or adjoining quarter section which is partially covered by the reservoir at high - water mark shall be leased or sold to another than the lessee unless the new lessee shall first pay to the county auditor for the lessee a reasonable amount for the work, labor,…

A notice of such leasing shall be published in the official newspapers of the county once during each of the two calendar weeks preceding the auction, stating the time and place at which the leasing of such lands will begin. Source: SL 1937, ch 86 , § 3; SDC 1939, § 12.2213.

The county auditor shall attend to the publishing of such notice and shall conduct the auction. The auction shall continue from day to day until all tracts of land for lease shall have been offered. The county auditor may for good cause adjourn the auction for a period of not mor…

Each tract of land shall be leased to the highest bidder. Before the auction date the board of county commissioners shall fix by resolution a minimum rental rate for each tract of land. No bid may be accepted which is less than the minimum rental rate. Source: SL 1937, ch 86 , § …

If the highest offer for any tract of land payable in cash is satisfactory, the bidder shall immediately pay to the county treasurer the amount specified as the annual rental for the tract. The treasurer shall give the bidder a receipt and shall keep a copy on file in the office.…

The form of the lease shall be such as may have been prescribed by the board of county commissioners, provided, whenever the leasing of a legal subdivision of less than one quarter section containing a water privilege or right shall jeopardize the leasing price of the remaining a…

If any of the land offered for lease is land under cultivation, the commissioners may lease the same either for cash or upon part cash and part sharecrop basis or entirely upon a sharecrop basis according to the bid which in their discretion they may decide to be to the best inte…

The lease authorized under the provisions of this chapter shall be on such terms and conditions as the board of county commissioners may determine to be most advantageous to such county, unless otherwise provided by statute. Source: SL 1937, ch 86 , § 5; SDC 1939, § 12.2215; SL 1…

Any lease for more than the current calendar year shall terminate on the last day of January of any year unless the lessee pays prior thereto the amount of the annual rental for the next succeeding year to the county treasurer. Source: SL 1937, ch 86 , § 5; SDC 1939, § 12.2215; S…

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature to provide for the conservation of the land resources of the counties, for the establishment of sound administration and management of county - owned lands in order that these lands may be conserved and the maximum revenue…

If the parties concerned cannot agree upon the value of the improvements to county-owned land, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a board of appraisal, to view the improvements and determine the value. The board of appraisal shall be composed of three disinterested p…

The subsequent lessee, or purchaser shall become the owner of such improvements when he has deposited with the board of county commissioners, for the use of the former owner of the improvements, a sum equal to their value as determined by the board of appraisal. Source: SL 1939, …

The rental proceeds in any one year from the real estate acquired by counties under tax deed shall, after deducting the expenses of taking such tax deed and after deducting an amount agreed upon by the board of county commissioners necessary for general administrative expenses of…

The rental proceeds from real estate acquired by counties in satisfaction of a school - loan mortgage or through foreclosure of such shall be distributed as provided by existing laws. Source: SL 1939, ch 25 , § 8; SL 1945, ch 35 ; SDC Supp 1960, § 12.3411 (2).

The board of county commissioners may, whenever it appears to be for the best interests of the county and other taxing districts, procure insurance against the hazards of fire, windstorm, tornado, and hail, on buildings held by the county, or in which the county has an interest, …

Whenever a majority of the board of county commissioners deems it advisable, or whenever a written petition shall be presented to said board by the governing body of any municipal corporation, school board, board of education or township board, requesting the sale of any real pro…

The board of county commissioners of any county shall have control of the sale, rental, and management of real property owned by the county acquired in satisfaction of school - fund loan mortgages or through foreclosure, or acquired through tax - deed proceedings or in payment of…

The deferred payments for lands sold and the interest thereon shall be paid promptly when due to the county treasurer. Whenever the purchaser of any tract shall fail to pay the principal or interest due by him to the county for such tract within three months after same shall beco…

To effect such forfeiture the board of county commissioners shall cause to be served upon the purchaser or his legal representative or assigns a notice specifying the conditions in which default has been made, stating that such contract will terminate thirty days after service of…

Such notice shall be served personally in the manner provided for the service of a summons in civil actions. If the person to be served is not a resident of the state, cannot be found therein, or is deceased, any of which facts, recited in the return of the sheriff of the county …