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SD Codified L § 7-3-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-4 - Apportionment of bonded indebtedness after division of county--Bonds and tax levy of new county.

7-3-4. Apportionment of bonded indebtedness after division of county--Bonds and tax levy of new county.Any bonded indebtedness of such original county shall be apportioned to each division ratably upon the basis of the last equalized assessment previous to the division thereof and each of such divisions shall be charged with, assume, and pay its just portion of such debt upon the basis of such apportionment; and each new division shall, as soon as organized as a county, issue its bonds to meet its portion of such bonded debt. Such bonds shall be made payable to the original county, shall bear the same rate of interest, be of similar tenor, and shall mature on the same date as the outstanding bonds of the original county on account of which the bonds of the new county are issued. The county commissioners of each new county shall annually levy and collect a tax to pay the interest on the bonds issued hereunder as it shall accrue and to meet and discharge the principal thereof at maturity, and the original county shall retain such bonds and not be allowed to dispose of or sell the same. Source: SL 1907, ch 100, §3; SL 1909, ch 81; RC 1919, §5772; SDC 1939, §12.0403.
SD Codified L § 7-3-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-5 - Apportionment of floating or warrant indebtedness on division of county--Bond issue by new county to cover proportionate share.

7-3-5. Apportionment of floating or warrant indebtedness on division of county--Bond issue by new county to cover proportionate share.The floating or warrant indebtedness of such original county shall also be apportioned in the same manner to each division and each new county shall be charged with, assume, and pay the amount so apportioned to it.In any case where, at an election on the question of division of an organized county held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, there has also been submitted the question of issuing the funding bonds of the county proposed to be divided, and a majority of the votes cast at such election was in favor of the issuance of such funding bonds, or where the funding bonds of such original county have been previously ordered to be issued by a majority vote of the voters thereof voting thereon and the same have not been issued prior to the division of such original county; then, and in either of such events, each new county so created, as well as the original county, shall be and is authorized to issue its bonds for the purpose of funding such proportion of the warrant indebtedness of the original county as has been allotted to it. Such bonds shall be issued in the manner provided by law, except that the proposition of issuing the same need not again be submitted to a vote of the voters of any of such counties. Source: SL 1907, ch 100, §3; SL 1909, ch 81; RC 1919, §5772; SDC 1939, §12.0403.
SD Codified L § 7-3-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-6 - Sale of county bonds based on advertising and award before division.

7-3-6. Sale of county bonds based on advertising and award before division.When such original county has, by and through its board of county commissioners, duly advertised for sale its funding bonds so voted and authorized, and has awarded such bonds to the highest and best bidder therefor pursuant to the advertisement for bids, it shall be unnecessary to advertise for sale, the funding bonds to be issued by the new county or counties and the original county as provided in §7-3-5, but each county may through its board of county commissioners sell and deliver its bonds hereby authorized to the person or persons and under the terms mentioned in the award of the original county as aforesaid. Source: SL 1907, ch 100, §3; SL 1909, ch 81; RC 1919, §5772; SDC 1939, §12.0403.
SD Codified L § 7-3-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-7 - Inventory and apportionment of assets and liabilities by auditor-general.

7-3-7. Inventory and apportionment of assets and liabilities by auditor-general.If a new county is organized or created out of an organized county in this state or in counties which have been divided and the liabilities and assets of the county as it existed prior to the division of the county have not been apportioned and divided by the board of county commissioners of the original county and the newly organized portion, the auditor-general of this state shall make an inventory of all of the assets and liabilities of the original county and the new county or counties and estimate the value and amount of the assets and liabilities. After notice to the county commissioners of the counties affected, the auditor-general shall apportion the liabilities and assets of the counties in the manner provided by law for the apportionment of bonded indebtedness. Source: SL 1917, ch 175, §1; RC 1919, §5776; SDC 1939, §12.0404; SL 2016, ch 44, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-3-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-8 - Auditor-general's report filed with county auditors--Conclusive evidence.

7-3-8. Auditor-general's report filed with county auditors--Conclusive evidence.The auditor-general shall file a report of such apportionment with the county auditor of the original and new county or counties within thirty days after such apportionment is made, and such report shall be conclusive evidence of the amounts due from one county to the other or others, respectively, except as provided in §7-3-9. Source: SL 1917, ch 175, §2; RC 1919, §5777; SDC 1939, §12.0405.
SD Codified L § 7-3-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-9 - County action to set aside auditor-general's report--Time for filing--Estimate and appraisement as prima facie evidence.

7-3-9. County action to set aside auditor-general's report--Time for filing--Estimate and appraisement as prima facie evidence.Any county affected by such apportionment as provided in §7-3-7, at any time within thirty days after the report of the auditor-general has been filed, may bring its action in equity in the circuit court of such county for the purpose of setting aside such apportionment and causing an apportionment to be made between the counties affected. The estimate and appraisement of the auditor-general shall be prima facie evidence of the facts and values therein stated and shall be admissible in evidence. Source: SL 1917, ch 175, §3; RC 1919, §5778; SDC 1939, §12.0405.
SD Codified L § 7-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-10 - Auditor-general's apportionment final if no action brought.

7-3-10. Auditor-general's apportionment final if no action brought.In case no action is brought within the time prescribed in §7-3-9, the apportionment made by the auditor-general shall be final and binding upon all counties and persons affected. Source: SL 1917, ch 175, §3; RC 1919, §5778; SDC 1939, §12.0405.
SD Codified L § 7-3-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-11 - Warrants issued for settlement of accounts between counties.

7-3-11. Warrants issued for settlement of accounts between counties.It shall be the duty of the boards of county commissioners of such counties at their next regular meeting after the expiration of thirty days from the filing of the report of the auditor-general, to issue warrants upon the several funds to the creditor county to pay any amounts ascertained by the auditor-general to be due; or, in case the report of the auditor-general is set aside, warrants shall be issued as herein provided within thirty days after the entry of final judgment in such matter. Source: SL 1917, ch 175, §4; RC 1919, §5779; SDC 1939, §12.0406.
SD Codified L § 7-3-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-12 - Expenses of auditor-general--Apportionment and payment by counties.

7-3-12. Expenses of auditor-general--Apportionment and payment by counties.For the work herein provided, the auditor-general shall be paid at the rate and in the manner fixed by law for such auditor-general, and the expense of making such apportionment shall be charged to each of the counties and the amount thereof apportioned to each county ratably upon the basis of the last equalized assessment previous to the division. It shall be the duty of the officers of the proper counties immediately after such service has been rendered to issue warrants therefor as provided by law in other cases. Source: SL 1917, ch 175, §5; RC 1919, §5780; SDC 1939, §12.0407.
SD Codified L § 7-3-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-13 - Transfer of books, records, and files relating exclusively to new county.

7-3-13. Transfer of books, records, and files relating exclusively to new county.Whenever an organized county has been or shall be divided and a division of the books, records, and files has not been made, it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of the new county or counties to procure from the original county, and it shall be the duty of the proper officers of the original county to surrender, all the books, records, and files of the several offices which relate exclusively to school districts, townships, and municipalities located within the territory embraced within such new county or counties. Such commissioners shall further procure, and it shall be the duty of the proper officers of the original county to surrender, all books, records, and files of the original county which in any manner affect exclusively property rights or interests in such new county or counties. Source: SL 1917, ch 174, §1; RC 1919, §5773; SDC 1939, §12.0408; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-3-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-17 - Transcript of records obtained by new county--Evidentiary value.

7-3-17. Transcript of records obtained by new county--Evidentiary value.Whenever an organized county shall be divided, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such newly organized county at once to secure a full, true, and complete transcript of such records of the original county as may relate to, or in any manner affect, property rights or interests within such newly organized county and, when such records are transcribed and certified to as hereinafter provided, they shall have the same force and effect as though originally filed and recorded in such newly organized county and as the records of such original county, and shall be received in all courts in evidence with the same force and effect as such original records. Source: SL 1915, ch 132, §1; RC 1919, §5781; SDC 1939, §12.0410.
SD Codified L § 7-3-18 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-18 - Contract for transcription of records for new county--Certification of instruments transcribed.

7-3-18. Contract for transcription of records for new county--Certification of instruments transcribed.The board of county commissioners may contract the transcribing of records or any part thereof to the lowest and best bidder. The person transcribing the records of any particular office shall attach the transcriber's certificate without extra cost to each instrument or matter transcribed to the effect that the transcript is a full, true, and complete copy of the original instrument as it appears of record in the original county, showing book and page thereof. However, for any record transcribed from the office of the county treasurer or county auditor it is only necessary to make one certificate at the close of each book transcribed. Source: SL 1915, ch 132, §2; RC 1919, §5782; SDC 1939, §12.0411; SL 2016, ch 44, §3.
SD Codified L § 7-3-20 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-20 - Affidavit as to transcription of all records.

7-3-20. Affidavit as to transcription of all records.Each person to whom such transcribing work shall be let or who shall have in charge the transcribing of the records of any particular office, shall make an affidavit which shall state that the instruments transcribed by such person, included within certain books and pages to be designated, are all the instruments or matters of record in that particular office in the original county affecting any or all property rights or interests in the newly organized county, except such as were omitted by the written order of the board of county commissioners of such newly organized county. Source: SL 1915, ch 132, §2; RC 1919, §5782; SDC 1939, §12.0411.
SD Codified L § 7-3-21 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-21 - County commissioners' certificate of completion of transcriptions--Recording of instruments before certificate filed.

7-3-21. County commissioners' certificate of completion of transcriptions--Recording of instruments before certificate filed.It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such newly organized county, as soon as the work of transcribing the records of the original county shall have been completed, to file a certificate to that effect with the auditor of such newly organized county and, until such certificate shall have been filed, any and all instruments or matters of record filed or recorded in the original county pertaining to property rights or interests in such newly organized county shall be deemed constructive notice to all purchasers or encumbrancers the same as though such instruments or matters of record had already been transcribed. Source: SL 1915, ch 132, §4; RC 1919, §5784; SDC 1939, §12.0413.
SD Codified L § 7-3-22 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-22 - County commissioners' discretion in transcription of records.

7-3-22. County commissioners' discretion in transcription of records.Any matter pertaining to the transcribing of such records, not before specifically designated, shall be left to the discretion of the board of county commissioners of such newly organized county subject to the right of appeal as provided by law. Source: SL 1915, ch 132, §5; RC 1919, §5785; SDC 1939, §12.0414.
SD Codified L § 7-5-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 05 - Dissolution Of County Organization|Section 7-5-1 - Petition and election on abolishment of county organization--Form of ballot.

7-5-1. Petition and election on abolishment of county organization--Form of ballot.Whenever not less than fifteen percent of the registered voters of any organized county in this state, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, shall on or before the first day of July in any general election year, file in the office of the county auditor a petition requesting that the organization of such county be dissolved and that it thereafter be and become an unorganized county, the county auditor shall at the next regular election, submit to the legal voters of said county on a separate printed ballot the following question:Shall the county organization of ________ county be abolished?[] Yes[] NoAll voters in favor of abolishing such county organization shall place either a cross (x) or check mark () in the square before the word Yes on the ballot. All voters who do not favor the abolishment of such county organization shall place either a cross (x) or check mark () in the square before the word No on the ballot. Source: SL 1943, ch 45, §1; SDC Supp 1960, §12.3301; SL 1987, ch 67, §7.
SD Codified L § 7-5-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 05 - Dissolution Of County Organization|Section 7-5-2 - Certification to Governor of vote favoring abolishment of county organization--Description of county property and indebtedness.

7-5-2. Certification to Governor of vote favoring abolishment of county organization--Description of county property and indebtedness.If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of abolishing such county organization, the county auditor shall within ten days after the canvass of said vote, certify under the seal of his office to the Governor, the result of the canvass of the votes cast at such election, and setting forth in such certificate a detailed description of all of the outstanding and unpaid bond and warrant indebtedness of such county, the amount of any and all unpaid claims of every nature and description, and a schedule and legal description of all lands and real estate which have been sold for nonpayment of taxes and to which the county then holds a certificate of tax sale, and a schedule of all lands and legal description thereof acquired in any manner and then owned by the county. Source: SL 1943, ch 45, §2; SDC Supp 1960, §12.3302.
SD Codified L § 7-5-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 05 - Dissolution Of County Organization|Section 7-5-3 - Communication to Legislature of election result--Attachment for judicial purposes after county organization dissolved.

7-5-3. Communication to Legislature of election result--Attachment for judicial purposes after county organization dissolved.The Governor at the next convention of the annual session of the State Legislature shall communicate the result of such election in such county to the presiding officer of each branch of the Legislature, and thereupon the Legislature shall designate by joint resolution the county to which such county so voting to disorganize shall be attached for judicial purposes. Source: SL 1943, ch 45, §3; SDC Supp 1960, §12.3303.
SD Codified L § 7-5-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 05 - Dissolution Of County Organization|Section 7-5-4 - Governor's proclamation of dissolution of county organization--Notice--Effective date.

7-5-4. Governor's proclamation of dissolution of county organization--Notice--Effective date.Upon such designation by the Legislature, the Governor shall publicly proclaim the result of such election and of the designation of the county to which such disorganizing county shall be attached for state and judicial purposes, and officially notify the county auditor of the counties interested, and the disorganization of such county and its status as an unorganized county shall be in full force and effect on the first day of the month following such proclamation by the Governor. Source: SL 1943, ch 45, §4; SDC Supp 1960, §12.3304.
SD Codified L § 7-5-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 05 - Dissolution Of County Organization|Section 7-5-5 - Laws applicable after county organization dissolved--Tax levy to pay indebtedness.

7-5-5. Laws applicable after county organization dissolved--Tax levy to pay indebtedness.Such county so disorganized shall thereafter be subject to all the laws relating to unorganized counties, and all of the indebtedness of such county contracted when an organized county shall be paid out of taxes levied on the property in the territory embraced within the boundaries of such unorganized county as it previously existed as an organized county. Source: SL 1943, ch 45, §4; SDC Supp 1960, §12.3304.
SD Codified L § 7-6-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 06 - County Seats|Section 7-6-1 - Submission to voters of location of permanent county seat--Publication of notice.

7-6-1. Submission to voters of location of permanent county seat--Publication of notice.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 the question shall be included in the notice published by the county auditor giving notice of the time and place of holding such general election. Source: SDC 1939, §12.0501; SL 1981, ch 44, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-6-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 06 - County Seats|Section 7-6-2 - Form and casting of ballots for selection of county seat--Application of general election law.

7-6-2. Form and casting of ballots for selection of county seat--Application of general election law.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 and deposited in a separate ballot box, and the municipality receiving a majority of all the votes cast shall be the county seat, and the votes cast shall be returned, canvassed, and certified as provided by law for the return of votes at any general election. Source: SDC 1939, §12.0501; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-6-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 06 - County Seats|Section 7-6-3 - Time required before resubmission of county seat location.

7-6-3. Time required before resubmission of county seat location.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 vote has already been had without a choice of location, the question of location of the county seat shall not again be submitted until the expiration of four years from the last election held therefor. Source: SDC 1939, §12.0501; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-6-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 06 - County Seats|Section 7-6-4 - Petition and election on change of county seat--Publication of notice.

7-6-4. Petition and election on change of county seat--Publication of notice.If fifteen percent of the registered voters, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, of any organized county petition the board of county commissioners to change the location of the county seat which has once been located by majority vote, specifying the place to which it is to be changed, the board shall submit the same to the people of the county at the next general election. Notice of the submission of the question shall be included in the notice published once by the county auditor giving notice of the time and place of holding the general election. Source: SDC 1939, §12.0502; SL 1982, ch 60, §1; SL 1987, ch 67, §3.
SD Codified L § 7-6-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 06 - County Seats|Section 7-6-5 - Form and casting of ballots on change of county seat--Application of general election law.

7-6-5. Form and casting of ballots on change of county seat--Application of general election law.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 received and deposited in a separate ballot box. If the proposition to change the county seat is ratified by two-thirds of the votes cast, then the municipality specified in the petition shall be the county seat. The votes cast shall be returned, canvassed, and certified as provided by law for the return of votes at any general election. Source: SDC 1939, §12.0502; SL 1981, ch 44, §3.