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Timestamp: 2019-12-09 23:22:06
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2', '§ 2053', '§ 6667', '§ 57', '§ 11', '§ 4', '§ 12', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 10', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 1', '§ 5', '§ 6706', '§ 57', '§ 13', '§ 2', '§ 14', '§ 57', '§ 82', '§ 161', '§ 5', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 48', '§ 5', '§ 2056', '§ 6670', '§ 2', '§ 57', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 10', '§ 3', '§ 10', '§ 280', '§ 57', '§ 5', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 2', '§ 57', '§ 7', '§ 4', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 5', '§ 2056', '§ 6670', '§ 57', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 57', '§ 9', '§ 1', '§ 82', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 161', '§ 10', '§ 4', '§ 10', '§ 2', '§ 10', '§ 57', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 57', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 10', '§ 1', '§ 15', '§ 2', '§ 24', '§ 2084', '§ 6699', '§ 57', '§ 1', '§ 57', '§ 1', '§ 41', '§ 2', '§ 82', '§ 161', '§ 15', '§ 10', '§ 1', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 1', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 4', '§ 2', '§ 5', '§ 2056', '§ 6670', '§ 57', '§ 19', '§ 1', '§ 57', '§ 16', '§ 30', '§ 17', '§ 1', '§ 12', '§ 4', '§ 26', '§ 26', '§ 6', '§ 10', '§ 3', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 2', '§ 5', '§ 10', '§ 1', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 10', '§ 1', '§ 10', '§ 2', '§ 10', '§ 10', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 1']

SDLRC - Codified Law 10-4
10-4-1 Property generally subject to taxation.
10-4-2 Definition of real property for ad valorem taxation purposes.
10-4-2.1 Improvements on leased sites taxed as real property--Collection of delinquent taxes.
10-4-2.2 Personal property defined for ad valorem taxation.
10-4-2.3 Portable livestock shelters not real property.
10-4-2.4 Manufactured homes and mobile homes as real property.
10-4-2.5 Transfer or reassignment of manufactured home classed as real property--Affidavit requirement .
10-4-2.6 Sale of manufactured home or mobile home by licensed dealer--Reporting requirements.
10-4-2.7 Manufactured home reclassified as exempt.
10-4-3 Assessment and description of land acquired by reliction.
10-4-4 Trees under Timber Culture Act not considered improvement.
10-4-5 Valuation of land containing artesian well.
10-4-6 Repealed.
10-4-6.1 Exemption from taxation of personal property not centrally assessed--Taxes or fees in lieu unimpaired.
10-4-7 Report of publicly owned property filed with secretary of revenue--Availability to county director.
10-4-8 Property acquired for highway purposes exempt.
10-4-8.1 Local industrial development corporation property exempt from taxation--Limitation.
10-4-9 Property owned by religious society and used exclusively for religious purposes exempt--Sale of property by religious society.
10-4-9.1 Property owned by public charity and used for charitable purposes exempt.
10-4-9.2 Property owned by benevolent organization and used exclusively for benevolent purposes exempt--Exception.
10-4-9.3 Property owned by nonprofit corporation, organization, or society and used primarily for health care and related purposes exempt.
10-4-9.4 Congregate housing facility owned by nonprofit corporation, organization, or society exempt--Conditions.
10-4-9.5 Continuum of care defined--Additional health care.
10-4-10 Agricultural land of charitable, benevolent and religious societies.
10-4-11 Residential and mercantile property belonging to societies taxable.
10-4-12 Property of charitable, benevolent or religious society used partly for income and partly for society purposes.
10-4-13 Educational institution property exempt--Exceptions.
10-4-13.1 Agricultural structures specially classified--Amount exempt from taxation--Relative defined.
10-4-13.2 Nonexempt use of educational institution property--Assessed value.
10-4-14 Property of agricultural and horticultural societies exempt.
10-4-15 Application for exemption of business incubator, charitable, religious, educational, or local industrial development property.
10-4-15.1 Publication of list of tax-exempt property.
10-4-16 Examination, recommendations, and determination of application for tax-exempt status.
10-4-17 Notice and hearing on preliminary determination of taxability of charitable, religious and educational institution property--Final determination.
10-4-18 Appeal from county board determination that property is taxable.
10-4-19 Continuation of tax-exempt status of property--Annual statement required--Recommendation for change in status--Annual statement not necessary for certain property.
10-4-19.1 Time of determination of exempt status--Apportionment when property transferred to exempt entity.
10-4-19.2 Apportionment when property transferred from exempt entity to nonexempt entity.
10-4-20 Permanent record and annual report of tax-exempt property.
10-4-21 Periodic review of tax-exempt property--Board action to change status--Review requested by secretary of revenue.
10-4-22 Effective date of change in tax-exempt status.
10-4-23 Tax-exempt and railroad property taxed to long-term lessee or contract purchaser.
10-4-23.1 Repealed.
10-4-24 Homestead exempt from state taxes--Description of homestead included in assessment statement--Apportionment of value.
10-4-24.1 to 10-4-24.8. Repealed.
10-4-24.9 Paraplegic dwellings specially classified for tax purposes--Lands included.
10-4-24.10 Exemption for dwelling of paraplegic or amputee veteran or surviving spouse.
10-4-24.11 Reduction of tax on dwelling owned by paraplegic.
10-4-24.12 Percentage of paraplegic's tax reduction for single-member household.
10-4-24.13 Percentage of paraplegic's tax reduction for multiple-member household.
10-4-25 Cemetery lot exempt.
10-4-26 Exemption from property tax penalties of persons serving in armed forces during hostilities.
10-4-27 Repealed.
10-4-28 Repealed.
10-4-29 Repealed.
10-4-30 Single-family dwellings of disabled or senior citizens classified.
10-4-31, 10-4-32. Repealed.
10-4-33 Property used as employee day-care cooperative exempt--Determining value.
10-4-34 Exemption of property used for storing and dispensing alternative fuels.
10-4-35 Wellness center defined--Taxable percentage.
10-4-36 to 10-4-38. Repealed.
10-4-39 Exemption of facility operated as a multi-tenant business incubator.
10-4-40 Partial exemption of dwellings owned by certain disabled veterans.
10-4-41 Partial exemption for owner-occupied dwellings of surviving spouses of certain disabled veterans.
10-4-42 Renewable resource defined.
10-4-43 Renewable energy facility defined.
10-4-44 Renewable energy facilities with less than five megawatts of nameplate capacity classified--Property taxable--Exemption.
10-4-45 Renewable energy property not subject to discretionary formulas.
10-4-46 Labor union property used exclusively for educational purpose exempt.
10-4-1. Property generally subject to taxation. All real property in this state and the property of corporations existing or hereafter created, and the property of all banks or banking companies existing or hereafter created, except such as is hereinafter expressly excepted, is subject to taxation; and such property, or the value thereof, shall be entered in the list of taxable property for that purpose, in the manner prescribed in chapter 10-6.
Source: SL 1897, ch 28, § 2; RPolC 1903, § 2053; RC 1919, § 6667; SDC 1939, § 57.0310; SL 1992, ch 80, § 11.
10-4-2.1. Improvements on leased sites taxed as real property--Collection of delinquent taxes. Buildings and improvements on leased sites are classified for tax purposes and are taxed as real property. Delinquent taxes on these buildings and improvements shall be collected as provided for the collection of taxes on manufactured homes pursuant to chapter 10-22.
Source: SL 1978, ch 72, § 4; SL 1982, ch 87; SL 1992, ch 80, § 12.
10-4-2.2. Personal property defined for ad valorem taxation. Personal property for the purpose of ad valorem taxation is all property not included within the definition of real property. Tools, implements, machinery, or equipment used in the business, production, trade, processing, or manufacturing activities are personal property.
Source: SL 1992, ch 74, § 2; SL 1997, ch 51, § 2.
10-4-2.3. Portable livestock shelters not real property. Real property as defined in § 10-4-2 does not include portable livestock shelters.
Source: SL 1993, ch 78.
10-4-2.4. Manufactured homes and mobile homes as real property. Real property, for the purposes of ad valorem taxation, includes manufactured homes as defined in subdivision 32-3-1(6) and mobile homes as defined in subdivision 32-3-1(8). This section does not apply to any manufactured home in the inventory of any dealer as defined in subdivision 32-7A-1(2).
Source: SL 1997, ch 52, § 1; SL 1998, ch 49, § 1; SL 1999, ch 83, §§ 2, 4, 7, 10; SL 2015, ch 61, § 1.
10-4-2.7. Manufactured home reclassified as exempt. If a manufactured home being sold is reclassified as exempt property, in addition to taxes due and payable at the time of the sale, the current year's real property taxes shall be paid at the time of title transfer.
10-4-3. Assessment and description of land acquired by reliction. Lands acquired by reliction in meandered dry lake beds shall be assessed as platted by number of lots in the same manner as other real estate is assessed, and such lands shall be taxed in the same manner as other real estate, and the description of such relicted land by the number of the lot thereof without giving the metes and bounds shall be deemed a sufficient description in all assessments, and notices and taxation proceedings.
Source: SL 1903, ch 173, § 5; RC 1919, § 6706; SDC 1939, § 57.0312.
10-4-4. Trees under Timber Culture Act not considered improvement. Trees planted under the Timber Culture Act of Congress shall not be considered as improvement on land for the purpose of taxation.
10-4-6. Repealed by SL 1992, ch 80, § 13.
10-4-6.1. Exemption from taxation of personal property not centrally assessed--Taxes or fees in lieu unimpaired. Personal property, as defined in this chapter, which is not centrally assessed is hereby classified for ad valorem tax purposes and is exempt from ad valorem taxation. This exemption does not impair or repeal any tax or fee authorized to be levied or imposed in lieu of personal property tax.
Source: SL 1978, ch 72, §§ 2, 9; SL 1992, ch 80, § 14.
10-4-7. Report of publicly owned property filed with secretary of revenue--Availability to county director. The state and all political subdivisions shall file a report with the secretary of revenue of all its tax-exempt property upon such forms and at such times as shall be determined by the secretary of revenue and such reports shall be made available to the county director of equalization.
Source: SDC 1939, § 57.0311 as added by SL 1967, ch 316; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
10-4-8.1. Local industrial development corporation property exempt from taxation--Limitation. Seven hundred fifty thousand dollars of the full and true value of the total amount of real property or portion of real property owned by a local industrial development corporation defined pursuant to § 5-14-23 is exempt from property taxation. The full and true value of the real property that is in excess of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be taxed as other real property of the same class is taxed. No real property located in a tax increment financing district, created pursuant to chapter 11-9, may receive a property tax exemption pursuant to this section.
Source: SL 2006, ch 36, § 1; SL 2016, ch 56, § 1; SL 2018, ch 70, § 48.
10-4-9. Property owned by religious society and used exclusively for religious purposes exempt--Sale of property by religious society. Property owned by any religious society and used exclusively for religious purposes, is exempt from taxation. Property of a religious society is exempt from taxation if such property is a building or structure used exclusively for religious purposes, is a lot owned by a religious society for the exclusive purpose of parking vehicles owned by members of such society and is not rented or leased to nonmembers of such society, is an educational plant owned and operated by a religious society or is a building or structure used to house any cleric of a religious society. However, any property which is sold by a religious society under a contract for deed shall be taxed as other property of the same class, unless such property is sold to an entity which is exempt from taxation pursuant to this chapter and the property is used for an exempt purpose.
Source: SL 1897, ch 28, § 5; RPolC 1903, § 2056; RC 1919, § 6670; SL 1919, ch 106; SL 1927, ch 46, § 2; SL 1929, ch 243; SDC 1939, § 57.0311 (3); SL 1986, ch 83, § 1; SL 1995, ch 54, § 1.
10-4-9.5. Continuum of care defined--Additional health care. For the purposes of § 10-4-9.4, the term, continuum of care, means the ability of a licensed health care facility to provide living accommodations to any resident living in a congregate housing facility owned by such health care facility. If the resident requires additional health care services, the health care facility shall have sufficient facilities to permit residents to move into another level of care. This section does not require such health care facility to necessarily offer services normally provided by a hospital.
Source: SL 2004, ch 81, § 3.
10-4-10. Agricultural land of charitable, benevolent and religious societies. Agricultural land owned by a charitable, benevolent or religious society as described in §§ 10-4-9 to 10-4-9.2, inclusive, and used exclusively for charitable, benevolent, or religious purposes upon which the buildings used by such society or institution are situated is exempt from taxation up to but not exceeding eighty acres. Land conveyed by the United States government under 25 U.S.C. § 280, in aid of Indian mission schools is exempt from taxation. However, all other agricultural land owned by such societies or institutions shall be taxed as other agricultural land is taxed.
Source: SL 1929, ch 243; SDC 1939, § 57.0311(3); SL 1986, ch 83, § 5.
10-4-12. Property of charitable, benevolent or religious society used partly for income and partly for society purposes. If property owned by any health care organization or charitable, benevolent, or religious society described in § 10-4-9.4 and §§ 10-4-9 to 10-4-9.3, inclusive, other than agricultural land, is used partly by such health care organization or charitable, benevolent, or religious society for health care, charitable, benevolent, or religious purposes, and the remaining part is occupied, rented, or used for other than health care, charitable, benevolent, or religious purposes, the portion of property that is so occupied, rented, or used for other purposes, shall be taxed as other property of the same class is taxed. For the purpose of determining the value of the taxable portion of the property, the appraised value of the entire property shall be multiplied by the percentage of the entire property used for other than health care, charitable, benevolent, or religious purposes. The resulting value shall be multiplied by the percentage of time the property is used for other than health care, charitable, benevolent, or religious purposes. The resulting value shall be the assessed value for taxation purposes.
Source: SL 1927, ch 46, § 2; SL 1929, ch 243; SDC 1939, § 57.0311(3)(b); SL 1986, ch 83, § 7; SL 2004, ch 81, § 4.
10-4-13. Educational institution property exempt--Exceptions. All property owned by any educational institution in this state as a school which is accredited or approved as a school by the accreditation division within the Department of Education, by the board of regents or by a nationally recognized accreditation service is exempt from taxation. However, if any such property consists of agricultural land or improved or unimproved municipal property not occupied by a certified teacher or directly used in carrying out the primary object of the educational institution owning the same, it shall be taxed the same as other property of the same class is taxed. However, if any such educational institution is operated for profit, this exemption applies only to that portion of property which is used exclusively for student housing, student and administrative parking and instructional or administrative purposes.
10-4-13.1. Agricultural structures specially classified--Amount exempt from taxation--Relative defined. Buildings and structures, other than normally occupied dwellings on agricultural land and automobile garages or portions of buildings used for that purpose, which are used exclusively for agricultural purposes and situated on agricultural land are hereby specifically classified for tax purposes as agricultural property. Ten thousand dollars of the full and true value of all buildings located upon each building site and used in connection with the taxpayer's agricultural pursuits is exempt if there is a dwelling which is occupied by an owner or relative of an owner or a beneficiary of a trust or a trustee for at least six months of a year but not necessarily on the assessment date. Such dwelling shall be located on agricultural land and classified as nonagricultural property under § 10-6-31. The application requirement in § 10-4-15 does not apply to this section. If an owner is a corporation, trust, or a partnership, each stockholder, member, beneficiary, trustee, or partner who resides on such property shall be an owner pursuant to this section. For the purposes of this section, a relative is a person who is related within the third degree of kinship. However, no building site may receive more than one ten thousand dollar exemption pursuant to this section. For the purposes of this section, a manufactured home or a mobile home is a dwelling.
Source: SL 1977, ch 81, § 2; SL 1978, ch 71, § 2; SL 1979, ch 63, § 1; SL 1979, ch 64, § 1; SL 1991, ch 79; SL 1992, ch 76; SL 1993, ch 79; SL 1993, ch 80.
10-4-14. Property of agricultural and horticultural societies exempt. The grounds, buildings, and all property belonging to or used exclusively by agricultural and horticultural societies shall be exempt from taxation.
Source: SL 1897, ch 28, § 5; RPolC 1903, § 2056; RC 1919, § 6670; SL 1919, ch 106; SDC 1939, § 57.0311 (1).
10-4-15. Application for exemption of business incubator, charitable, religious, educational, or local industrial development property. Any person, organization, corporation, or association claiming a property tax exemption status for any property under §§ 10-4-8.1 to 10-4-14, inclusive, § 10-4-39, or as may otherwise be provided by law, shall apply for such exemption to the county director of equalization on forms prescribed by the secretary of revenue prior to November first of the tax year.
Source: SDC 1939, § 57.0311 as added by SL 1967, ch 316; SL 1986, ch 83, § 9; SL 1991, ch 80; SL 1994, ch 74, § 1; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2006, ch 36, § 2; SL 2006, ch 37, § 2; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
10-4-15.1. Publication of list of tax-exempt property. The director of equalization shall publish at least six days prior to the last Tuesday of March of each year in the official newspapers published in the county a list showing the legal owner, utilization, and a description of all property for which tax-exempt status is claimed under §§ 10-4-9 to 10-4-14, inclusive.
Source: SL 1973, ch 60; SL 1979, ch 66, § 4; SL 1986, ch 83, § 10; SL 1987, ch 83; SL 1996, ch 63, § 2.
10-4-16. Examination, recommendations, and determination of application for tax-exempt status. The county director of equalization shall examine and review applications under § 10-4-15 and shall recommend a taxable status or an exempt status for all or any part of such property at the annual meeting of the county board of equalization. The county board of equalization shall make a determination as to the status of such property.
Source: SDC 1939, § 57.0311 as added by SL 1967, ch 316.
10-4-17. Notice and hearing on preliminary determination of taxability of charitable, religious and educational institution property--Final determination. If the county board of equalization makes a preliminary determination that all or any part of the property listed in the application has a taxable status, such applicant shall be given no less than seven days' written notice thereof and shall have an opportunity to be heard at any current session of the board and be given the opportunity to present any information relating to the issue. The board, after such hearing, shall make a final determination as to the status of such property.
10-4-18. Appeal from county board determination that property is taxable. When an applicant under § 10-4-15 is denied a tax-exempt status on all or any part of such property by the board, the applicant shall have the right to appeal in the same manner and under the same procedure as provided by law from any other actions of the county board of equalization.
10-4-19. Continuation of tax-exempt status of property--Annual statement required--Recommendation for change in status--Annual statement not necessary for certain property. If property has been granted a tax-exemption status under §§ 10-4-15 to 10-4-18, inclusive, such status for the property shall continue in such status commencing with the next taxable year following the final determination not subject to appeal. However, an annual statement shall be filed with the county director of equalization on or before November first of each year certifying that the use of the property has not changed during the year. Failure to file such a statement shall cause the county director of equalization to review the status of the property. The director may recommend to the county board of equalization that the status of the property be changed. Such a recommendation for a change in status constitutes a new application and the same procedures provided in §§ 10-4-15 to 10-4-18, inclusive, for the original application apply. Once a structure that is used exclusively for religious purposes or a cemetery is granted tax-exempt status pursuant to §§ 10-4-15 to 10-4-18, inclusive, it is not necessary to file the annual statement required by this section to maintain such status. However, if the use of the property changes, or if any transfers of ownership by contract for deed have been entered into, the owner shall reapply pursuant to §§ 10-4-15 to 10-4-18, inclusive.
Source: SDC 1939, § 57.0311 as added by SL 1967, ch 316; SL 1988, ch 84; SL 1995, ch 54, § 2; SL 1996, ch 63, § 3.
10-4-19.1. Time of determination of exempt status--Apportionment when property transferred to exempt entity. Any exemption from ad valorem taxation in this state as provided by this chapter on account of the use or ownership of real property on the part of any governmental or private entity shall be determined with respect to the ownership and use of such property on the legal assessment day regardless of after acquired or disposed of property, except as provided in § 10-4-19.2. However, any person, firm, or corporation, owning or controlling any property transferred to any entity exempt from taxation as provided in this chapter shall be liable for the payment of all taxes based on an assessment during the year of transfer, proportionate to the length of time such nonexempt person, firm, or corporation owned such property, and until the date on which such tax-exempt entity is legally entitled to and has acquired actual possession of such property and is making use of the same for the purposes of the tax-exempt entity. Such transferred property may not be taxed for any month in the taxable year in which such property is in the legal possession of any such tax-exempt entity for more than sixteen days.
Source: SL 1970, ch 68; SL 1985, ch 69, § 1; SL 1992, ch 80, § 15.
10-4-19.2. Apportionment when property transferred from exempt entity to nonexempt entity. Any real property which is owned or controlled by a tax-exempt entity and which is transferred to a nonexempt person, firm, or corporation after the legal assessment date is liable for taxation for that portion of the taxable year in which it is not owned or controlled by a tax-exempt entity. The nonexempt person, firm, or corporation is liable for the payment of all taxes based on an assessment during the year of transfer, proportionate to the length of time such nonexempt person, firm, or corporation owns such property. Such transferred property may not be taxed for any month in the taxable year in which such property is in the legal possession of any such tax-exempt entity for more than sixteen days. Such property shall be valued for tax purposes as of the legal assessment day.
Source: SL 1985, ch 69, § 2.
10-4-20. Permanent record and annual report of tax-exempt property. The county director of equalization shall maintain a separate permanent record of the tax-exempt property in his county and a report of such tax-exempt property shall be made to the secretary of revenue. The secretary of revenue shall prescribe the forms and the method of making reports.
10-4-21. Periodic review of tax-exempt property--Board action to change status--Review requested by secretary of revenue. The director of equalization shall, during each five-year period of time, review the status of all tax-exempt property and file a report of such review with the county board of equalization. Any action by the county board of equalization to change the status of tax-exempt property shall be the same as though it were an original application. The secretary of revenue may request a review of the tax-exempt status of property at any time and such request shall be made to the county board of equalization and the procedure shall then be the same as though it were an original application.
10-4-22. Effective date of change in tax-exempt status. Any review or recommendation for a change in the tax-exempt status shall not become effective until the final determination, including appeal, has been made and the effective date shall then be January first, following such final date.
10-4-23. Tax-exempt and railroad property taxed to long-term lessee or contract purchaser. Property held under a lease for a term of three or more years, or a contract for the purchase thereof, belonging to the state or to any religious, scientific, or benevolent society or institution, whether incorporated or unincorporated, or to any railroad company or corporation whose property is not taxed in the same manner as other property, shall be considered for all purposes of taxation as the property of the person so holding the same.
Source: SL 1897, ch 28, § 24; RPolC 1903, § 2084; RC 1919, § 6699; SDC 1939, § 57.0314.
10-4-23.1. Repealed by SL 2015, ch 63, § 1.
10-4-24. Homestead exempt from state taxes--Description of homestead included in assessment statement--Apportionment of value. The homestead as defined by law, except a homestead consisting of a mobile home, when owned and occupied by the owner and his family as a home at the time of assessment shall be exempt from any tax imposed by the Legislature to defray the expenses of the state, or to pay any deficiency thereof. Each person liable to assessment and taxation shall separately list his or her homestead, giving the exact description thereof at the time of the assessment and shall give to the director of equalization at the time of assessment a sworn statement in writing on a form prescribed by the secretary of revenue and provided by the county auditor setting forth the legal description of the premises claimed as the homestead, and in case such homestead is situated within a shop, store, or other building used for business purposes shall specifically set forth the exact description of the portion of such store, shop, or other building being used by the owner thereof as a dwelling, and the director of equalization shall divide the valuation so that the portion claimed as a homestead shall be listed and valued separately from the business portion of said premises and the county auditor of the county where such homestead is situated shall exclude such homestead from his total assessment in determining the amount of the state tax. Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt such homestead from any tax legally imposed for county, township, municipality, or school purposes.
Source: SDC 1939, § 57.0311 (7); SL 1939, ch 262; SL 1972, ch 233, § 1; SL 1989, ch 82, § 41; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
10-4-24.1 to 10-4-24.8. Repealed by SL 1974, ch 89, § 15.
10-4-24.10. Exemption for dwelling of paraplegic or amputee veteran or surviving spouse. A dwelling or part of a dwelling designed as provided in § 10-4-24.9 that is owned and occupied for the full calendar year in which a tax is to be levied by a paraplegic veteran, a veteran with the loss or loss of use of both lower extremities, or the unremarried widow or widower of the veteran is exempt from taxation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the director of equalization determines that a veteran or the veteran's unremarried widow or widower is entitled to the exemption provided in this section, the veteran or the veteran's unremarried widow or widower retains that exemption until the property ownership is transferred, the veteran or the veteran's unremarried widow or widower ceases to occupy the dwelling, or the property has a change in use. If the legal description of the property is changed, the exemption remains in place as long as the veteran or the veteran's unremarried widow or widower continues to reside in the dwelling.
Source: SL 1972, ch 55; SL 2019, ch 58, § 1.
10-4-24.11. Reduction of tax on dwelling owned by paraplegic. To the extent that a dwelling or part thereof is owned and occupied by a paraplegic or an individual with the loss or loss of use of both lower extremities, the individual's tax liability shall be reduced as provided in §§ 10-4-24.12 and 10-4-24.13 on that portion of the dwelling, provided the dwelling was owned and occupied for the full calendar year prior to the year in which the taxes are due and receivable. The term, household income, as used in §§ 10-4-24.12 and 10-4-24.13 is the same as defined in subdivision 10-18A-1(5).
Source: SL 1979, ch 62, §§ 1, 2.
10-4-24.12. Percentage of paraplegic's tax reduction for single-member household. The percentage tax reduction of real property taxes, as provided pursuant to § 10-4-24.11, due or paid on a single family dwelling for a single member household is according to the following schedule:
If household income but not The tax due reduction
is more than: more than on current levy is:
$ 0 $ 11,670 100%
11,670 12,670 75%
12,670 13,670 50%
13,670 14,670 25%
more than 14,670 0%
10-4-24.13. Percentage of paraplegic's tax reduction for multiple-member household. The percentage tax reduction of real property taxes, as provided pursuant to § 10-4-24.11, due or paid on a single family dwelling for a multiple member household is according to the following schedule:
$ 0 $ 15,730 100%
15,730 16,730 75%
16,730 17,730 50%
17,730 18,730 25%
more than 18,730 0%
Source: SL 1979, ch 62, § 4; SL 2015, ch 64, § 2.
10-4-25. Cemetery lot exempt. One lot in a cemetery for family use shall be exempt from taxation.
Source: SL 1897, ch 28, § 5; RPolC 1903, § 2056; RC 1919, § 6670; SL 1919, ch 106; SDC 1939, § 57.0311 (4).
10-4-26. Exemption from property tax penalties of persons serving in armed forces during hostilities. All persons serving in the armed forces of the United States as that term is defined by S.D. Const., Art. XIII, § 19, during the time when a state of war exists between this and any other nation, or during the period between August 5, 1964, and the date when the Governor by proclamation shall have declared existing hostilities to have ceased, are hereby exempt from the payment of interest and penalty on all real property and manufactured home taxes assessed against such person from the date of his or her entry into the service and for a period of six months after discharge from such service. No exemption may be allowed of any interest or penalty on taxes accumulated or accruing on real estate or manufactured homes transferred of record by such person or persons during the period of their service.
Source: SL 1945, ch 180, § 1; SL 1953, ch 461; SDC Supp 1960, § 57.1004-1; SL 1992, ch 80, § 16.
10-4-27. Repealed by SL 1978, ch 72, § 30.
10-4-28. Repealed by SL 1992, ch 80, § 17.
10-4-29. Repealed by SL 2012, ch 60, § 1.
10-4-30. Single-family dwellings of disabled or senior citizens classified. Single-family dwellings owned by heads of households sixty-five years of age or disabled are hereby classified for purposes of taxation.
Source: SL 1980, ch 74, § 12.
10-4-31, 10-4-32. Repealed by SL 1997, ch 57, §§ 4, 5.
10-4-33. Property used as employee day-care cooperative exempt--Determining value. The board of county commissioners may exempt from taxation property used as an employee day-care cooperative which is licensed pursuant to § 26-6-31. Property used by the employees of a business exclusively for a day-care cooperative licensed pursuant to § 26-6-31, may be exempt from taxation. For the purposes of determining the value of the taxable portion of the property, the appraised value of the entire property shall be multiplied by the percentage of the entire property used for other than day-care purposes.
Source: SL 1990, ch 192, § 6.
10-4-34. Exemption of property used for storing and dispensing alternative fuels. The board of county commissioners may exempt from ad valorem taxation equipment, buildings, and structures attached to real property and used exclusively for the storing, dispensing, and retail sale of alternative fuels as defined by § 10-47A-1, for the operation of motor vehicles for a period of five years from the date of construction.
Source: SL 1993, ch 104, § 3.
10-4-35. Wellness center defined--Taxable percentage. For the purposes of § 10-4-9.3, a "wellness center" is a health care facility if it links on- and off-site medical consultants with physical activity staff and programs of health and fitness facilities, can and does provide fitness testing and prescription exercise tailored to specific individual needs and capabilities, and the property is used for rehabilitation services or prescriptive exercise. For the purposes of § 10-4-12, the taxable percentage of a wellness center shall be determined by computing the percentage of the total membership that do not use the facility for physician prescribed rehabilitation or prescriptive exercise.
Source: SL 1994, ch 75, § 2.
10-4-36 to 10-4-38. Repealed by SL 2010, ch 47, §§ 5 to 7.
10-4-39. Exemption of facility operated as a multi-tenant business incubator. Any facility operated as a multi-tenant business incubator and owned by an entity recognized as an exempt nonprofit corporation pursuant to section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or 501(c)(6) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as defined by § 10-1-47, is exempt from property taxation. A business incubator is any facility that supports the development and operation of a number of small start-up businesses. Tenants of the facility may share a number of support services and the tenants may receive technical assistance, business planning, legal, financial, and marketing advice. If any portion of the facility is occupied by an incubated business for more than five years, that portion of the facility shall be taxed as other property of the same class is taxed.
Source: SL 2006, ch 37, § 1; SL 2009, ch 39, § 5; SL 2010, ch 45, § 5; SL 2011, ch 48, § 5; SL 2012, ch 59, § 5; SL 2013, ch 42, § 5; SL 2014, ch 54, § 5; SL 2015, ch 62, § 5; SL 2016, ch 54, § 6.
10-4-42. Renewable resource defined. For purposes of §§ 10-4-42 to 10-4-45, inclusive, a renewable resource is a resource that generates electricity or energy from facilities using one or more of the following sources:
(2) Solar that uses the sun as the source of energy to produce electricity or energy;
(5) Biomass that uses agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood and wood wastes and residues, animal and other degradable organic wastes, municipal solid waste, or landfill gas as the fuel to produce electricity; or
(6) Geothermal that uses energy contained in heat that continuously flows outward from the earth as the source of energy to produce electricity or energy.
Source: SL 2010, ch 47, § 1.
10-4-43. Renewable energy facility defined. For purposes of §§ 10-4-42 to 10-4-45, inclusive, a renewable energy facility is a facility that uses a renewable resource as its energy source for the purpose of producing electricity or energy.
Source: SL 2010, ch 47, § 2.
10-4-44. Renewable energy facilities with less than five megawatts of nameplate capacity classified--Property taxable--Exemption. For renewable energy facilities with less than five megawatts of nameplate capacity, all real property used or constructed for the purpose of producing electricity using a renewable resource as an energy source is classified for tax purposes as renewable energy property and shall be assessed and taxed in the same manner as other real property and shall be locally assessed by the county director of equalization pursuant to § 10-3-16. For the purposes of §§ 10-4-42 to 10-4-45, inclusive, the first fifty thousand dollars of the assessed value of the renewable energy property or seventy percent of the assessed value of the renewable energy property, whichever is greater, is exempt from the real property tax. However, for geothermal renewable energy facilities that produce energy, but not electricity, this exemption is limited to the first four continuous years for residential geothermal renewable energy facilities and the first three continuous years for commercial geothermal renewable energy facilities.
Source: SL 2010, ch 47, § 3.
10-4-45. Renewable energy property not subject to discretionary formulas. Renewable energy property is not subject to any discretionary formulas authorized by this title.
Source: SL 2010, ch 47, § 4.
10-4-46. Labor union property used exclusively for educational purpose exempt. All property or any portion thereof owned by a labor union and used exclusively for an educational purpose is exempt from taxation. To receive the exemption, a labor union shall be recognized as an exempt organization under section 501(c)(5) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, as amended and in effect on January 1, 2013. For purposes of this section, educational purpose, means apprenticeship or training programs that have been accredited or approved by the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training within the United States Department of Labor. However, if any such property consists of improved or unimproved property located within a municipality not occupied or directly used in carrying out the primary objective of the labor union owning the same, the property shall be taxed the same as other property of the same class is taxed. However, if any such property consists of agricultural land, the property shall be taxed the same as other property of the same class is taxed.
Source: SL 2013, ch 43, § 1.