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SD Codified L § 7-1-67 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 01 - County Names And Boundaries|Section 7-1-67 - Yankton County boundaries.

7-1-67. Yankton County boundaries.Beginning at the northeast corner of township ninety-six north of range fifty-four west of the fifth principal meridian, thence west and along the township line between townships ninety-six and ninety-seven to the northwest corner of township ninety-six, north of range fifty-seven, west; thence south and along the range line between ranges fifty-seven and fifty-eight west, as extended, to its intersection with the boundary line between the states of South Dakota and Nebraska; thence easterly and along said state line to the range line between ranges fifty-three and fifty-four, as extended; thence north and along said range line to the place of beginning. Source: SL 1862, ch 19, §1; SL 1870-1, ch 10, §3; SDC 1939, §12.0169.
SD Codified L § 7-1-68 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 01 - County Names And Boundaries|Section 7-1-68 - Ziebach County boundaries.

7-1-68. Ziebach County boundaries.Beginning at the northeast corner of township seventeen north of range twenty-one, east of the Black Hills meridian, thence west and along the township line between townships seventeen and eighteen north, to the one hundred second meridian of west longitude; thence south and along said meridian to the center of the main channel of the Cheyenne River; thence easterly and along the center of the main channel of said Cheyenne River to its intersection with the sixth guide meridian, east, being the range line between ranges twenty-four and twenty-five, east Black Hills meridian; thence north and along said guide meridian to its intersection with the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude; thence west and along said parallel to its intersection with the range line between ranges twenty-one and twenty-two, east; thence north and along said range line to the place of beginning. Source: SL 1911, ch 107, §1; SDC 1939, §12.0170.
SD Codified L § 7-1-69 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 01 - County Names And Boundaries|Section 7-1-69 - Petition to change county name--Election--Ballot--Costs of name change paid by county.

7-1-69. Petition to change county name--Election--Ballot--Costs of name change paid by county.If 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 county auditor a petition requesting that the name of the county be changed, the county auditor shall at the next general election submit the question to the registered voters of the county on a separate printed ballot if using a hand counted paper ballot. The petition shall also authorize the county to appropriate and pay for all local government and state government costs associated with changing the name of the county. If the county uses an optical scan ballot, the question may be included on the general election ballot. The following question shall be submitted to the voters:Shall the name of this county be changed to __________ and county funds be appropriated to pay for all local government and state government costs associated with the name change?______ Yes______ NoAll voters in favor of changing the name of the county and paying for all the local government and state government costs associated with the name change shall place either a cross or check mark in the square before the word Yes on the ballot. All voters who do not favor changing the name of the county and paying for all the local government and state government costs associated with the name change shall place either a cross or check mark in the square before the word No on the ballot. All local government and state government costs associated with changing the name of the county shall be paid by the county from county funds appropriated for that purpose before the change of the name of the county shall be effective. Source: SL 1992, ch 51, §1; SL 2015, ch 57, §4; SL 2016, ch 43, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-1-70 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 01 - County Names And Boundaries|Section 7-1-70 - Certification of name change vote result.

7-1-70. Certification of name change vote result.If a two-thirds majority of the votes cast at an election held pursuant to §7-1-69 are in favor of changing the name of the county, the county auditor shall within ten days after the canvass of the vote, certify under the seal of the county auditor's office to the secretary of state, the result of the canvass of the votes cast at the election, and the new name of the county. Source: SL 1992, ch 51, §2; SL 2015, ch 57, §1.
SD Codified L § 7-1-72 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 01 - County Names And Boundaries|Section 7-1-72 - Proclamation of new county name.

7-1-72. Proclamation of new county name.Upon the certification made by the county auditor pursuant to §7-1-70, the secretary of state shall publicly proclaim the result of the election held pursuant to §7-1-69 and the new name of the county. The new name of the county shall be in full force and effect on the first day of July in the year following the election held pursuant to §7-1-70. Source: SL 1992, ch 51, §4; SL 2015, ch 57, §3.
SD Codified L § 7-2-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-1 - Petition for consolidation or boundary change--Filing with county auditors--Submission to vote.

7-2-1. Petition for consolidation or boundary change--Filing with county auditors--Submission to vote.If fifteen percent of the registered voters, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, of each of two or more adjoining counties of this state, petition the board of county commissioners of their respective counties for an election to determine the question of changing the boundary lines or of the consolidation of two or more counties, stating in such petition the names of the counties to be consolidated or boundary lines to be changed, such boards of county commissioners shall at their regular July meeting succeeding the presentation of such petitions provide that the question of consolidation of the counties or the changing of the boundary lines of such counties shall be submitted to a vote at the next general election succeeding the presentation of such petitions. The petitions shall be filed with the county auditors of such counties prior to the first day of the regular July meeting of the board of county commissioners.The auditor of each county where any such petition has been filed shall transmit to the auditor of the other county or counties affected thereby a certified copy or copies of the petition or petitions filed in his county. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §§1, 2; RPolC 1903, §§775, 776; RC 1919, §§5755, 5756; SDC 1939, §12.0301; SL 1987, ch 67, §1.
SD Codified L § 7-2-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-2 - Notice and ballots for election on consolidation or change--General law governing.

7-2-2. Notice and ballots for election on consolidation or change--General law governing.The auditor of each of such counties shall give thirty days' notice of such election by publication and prepare official ballots therefor according to the provisions of this chapter and this code relating to elections and the submission of questions to the voters. The laws governing the holding of general elections in this state shall govern the holding of such election so far as applicable. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §§3, 8; RPolC 1903, §§777, 782; RC 1919, §§5757, 5761; SDC 1939, §§12.0302, 12.0305.
SD Codified L § 7-2-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-3 - Majority approval of consolidation or boundary change.

7-2-3. Majority approval of consolidation or boundary change.If at any election held under the provisions of this chapter, a majority of all the votes cast at such election in each of such counties shall be in favor of consolidation of two or more counties or the changing of the boundary lines of such counties, they shall be declared consolidated or changed as hereinafter provided. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §§5, 6; RPolC 1903, §§779, 780; RC 1919, §§5758, 5759; SDC 1939, §12.0303.
SD Codified L § 7-2-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-4 - Certification of canvass of election returns--Governor's proclamation and notice to county auditors.

7-2-4. Certification of canvass of election returns--Governor's proclamation and notice to county auditors.After the canvassing of the returns of such election it shall be the duty of the county auditor of each of such counties to transmit within thirty days a certified report of such canvass to the Governor who shall, within twenty days after the receipt of such report, proclaim the result of such election and officially notify the county auditor of the respective counties of such proclamation. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §9; RPolC 1903, §783; RC 1919, §5762; SDC 1939, §12.0306.
SD Codified L § 7-2-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-5 - Effective date of consolidation or boundary change.

7-2-5. Effective date of consolidation or boundary change.If the result of such election is in favor of consolidation or change of boundaries, such consolidation or change of boundaries shall be in full force and take effect on the first day of January next after the general election held succeeding the proclamation as provided in §7-2-4. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §10; RPolC 1903, §784; RC 1919, §5763; SDC 1939, §12.0307.
SD Codified L § 7-2-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-7 - Name and county seat of consolidated county.

7-2-7. Name and county seat of consolidated county.Any new county formed pursuant to this chapter shall take the name of the senior county and the location receiving the highest number of votes, cast at such election in the two or more counties for the county seat of the consolidated county, shall be the county seat of such new county. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §7; RPolC 1903, §781; RC 1919, §5760; SDC 1939, §12.0304.
SD Codified L § 7-2-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-8 - Commissioner districts in consolidated county--First election of commissioners after consolidation.

7-2-8. Commissioner districts in consolidated county--First election of commissioners after consolidation.The board of county commissioners of each of such counties shall, after the proclamation of consolidation by the Governor, meet in joint session at the office of the county auditor of the county seat of one of such counties on the first Monday in July succeeding such proclamation and proceed to divide each new county into five commissioner districts, numbering them consecutively, complying as nearly as possible with the provisions of the law regulating the districting of counties into commissioner districts. Such commissioner districts so established and the boundaries so fixed shall remain as established and fixed until the same may be changed as provided by law. At the next general election there shall be elected a commissioner for each district, each of whom shall be so chosen for two or four years as that the regular term of his successor shall thereafter conform to the requirements of law. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §§14, 15; RPolC 1903, §§788, 789; SL 1915, ch 134; RC 1919, §§5767, 5768, 5786; SDC 1939, §§12.0310, 12.0311.
SD Codified L § 7-2-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-9 - Continuation of terms of officers after consolidation of counties.

7-2-9. Continuation of terms of officers after consolidation of counties.The county officers in each of the counties that may have been consolidated shall continue to act in their respective counties until the officers of the new counties shall have been elected and qualified. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §16; RPolC 1903, §790; RC 1919, §5769; SDC 1939, §12.0311.
SD Codified L § 7-2-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-10 - First election of county officers after consolidation.

7-2-10. First election of county officers after consolidation.There shall be elected in each new county at the next general election succeeding the proclamation by the Governor, one set of county officers for such new county. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §13; RPolC 1903, §787; RC 1919, §5766; SDC 1939, §12.0309.
SD Codified L § 7-2-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-11 - Legislative representation of consolidated county.

7-2-11. Legislative representation of consolidated county.Such new county shall be entitled to the same number of members in the Legislature that such counties had in the aggregate before consolidation, and such number shall be elected at each general election until a new apportionment shall have been made. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §13; RPolC 1903, §787; RC 1919, §5766; SDC 1939, §12.0309.
SD Codified L § 7-2-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-12 - Property and indebtedness of consolidated counties.

7-2-12. Property and indebtedness of consolidated counties.The property of each of such consolidated counties shall after consolidation become the property of the new county. The indebtedness, if any, of each of such counties shall after consolidation be paid out of the taxes levied on the property in the respective territory of the county having contracted the same. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §§11, 12; RPolC 1903, §§785, 786; RC 1919, §§5764, 5765; SDC 1939, §12.0308; SL 1943, ch 24, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-2-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-13 - Revision of commissioner districts after change of county boundaries.

7-2-13. Revision of commissioner districts after change of county boundaries.If the area of any county in this state has been altered by the changing of the boundaries and the county's commissioners do not run at large, the board of county commissioners, at the first regular meeting thereafter, shall establish commissioner districts in the county. The board shall fix boundaries of each district in the manner provided by law for establishing commissioner districts and changing the boundaries of each district insofar as the same is applicable. The commissioner districts established and the boundaries fixed shall remain as established and fixed until changed as provided by law. Source: SL 1915, ch 134; RC 1919, §5786; SDC 1939, §12.0310; SL 2016, ch 44, §1.
SD Codified L § 7-2-14 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-14 - Transcription of records after change of county boundaries.

7-2-14. Transcription of records after change of county boundaries.Whenever the boundaries of a county have been changed, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners 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 the property rights or interest within the territory included by the changing of the boundaries of said county and theretofore not a part of the records of the original county, such transcript to be obtained and secured in the same manner and to have the same force and effect as transcripts obtained and secured on the division of counties. Source: SDC 1939, §12.0312.
SD Codified L § 7-2-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-15 - Tax levies, assessments, and retirement of indebtedness after change of boundaries.

7-2-15. Tax levies, assessments, and retirement of indebtedness after change of boundaries.Where the boundaries of two or more counties have been changed, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and the county or counties from which area has been detached has indebtedness charged against such detached area, all levies of taxes, and special assessments, theretofore made against such lands so detached, for the purpose of retiring such indebtedness, shall be continued and collected by the county to which such area is attached, and paid over to the county from which such area is detached until such indebtedness is fully retired. Source: SDC 1939, §12.0308 as added by SL 1943, ch 24, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-2-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-16 - Municipal election on adjustment of county boundaries to include all of municipality.

7-2-16. Municipal election on adjustment of county boundaries to include all of municipality.In any case where a municipality in this state is so situated that its boundaries extend into, and its area is a part of two or more adjoining counties of the state, the governing body of such municipality shall, upon petition signed by fifteen percent of the voters of such municipality, submit at a special or regular municipal, or general election held therein, the question of whether or not it is desirable that the boundaries of the counties affected should be changed so as to include all of the area of such municipality within the boundaries of one of such counties.The voters at such election shall also indicate their choice of which county such municipality should be a part. Source: SDC 1939, §12.0313 as enacted by SL 1943, ch 24, §1; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-2-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-17 - Certification of municipal election results to county auditors--Submission to voters of counties.

7-2-17. Certification of municipal election results to county auditors--Submission to voters of counties.If a majority of the voters of such municipality are in favor of the change, the auditor or clerk of such municipality, shall certify the result of such election to the county auditor of each county affected, and thereupon the county commissioners of each of such counties shall, at their regular July meeting succeeding the presentation of such certificate, provide that the question of change of the boundary lines of such counties shall be submitted to a vote at the next general election, as provided in §7-2-1. The filing of the certificate of the auditor or clerk of the municipality herein provided for, shall be in lieu of the petition required by §7-2-1. Source: SDC 1939, §12.0313 as enacted by SL 1943, ch 24, §1; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-2-18 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries|Section 7-2-18 - Questions submitted to county voters on boundary adjustment to include or exclude municipality.

7-2-18. Questions submitted to county voters on boundary adjustment to include or exclude municipality.The question to be submitted at the general election in each county affected, shall be substantially in the following form:Shall the boundaries of ________ county be changed to exclude "or include, as the case may be," that part of ________ county lying within the corporate limits of the city "or town" of South Dakota?All other applicable provisions of this chapter shall govern. Source: SDC 1939, §12.0313 as enacted by SL 1943, ch 24, §1.
SD Codified L § 7-3-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-1 - Petition for division of county--Contents and filing--Minimum size of new county.

7-3-1. Petition for division of county--Contents and filing--Minimum size of new county.If fifteen percent of the registered voters, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding general election, residing in any portion consisting of not less than twenty-four congressional townships or any portion consisting of not less than one hundred million dollars of real property valuation of any organized county in this state shall petition the county commissioners of such county for division thereof and for the organization of a new county or counties, setting forth in the petition the lines upon which the petitioners desire such county to be divided and the boundaries of the proposed new county or counties, together with the name or names they desire to be given the proposed new county or counties in which such petitioners reside, the county commissioners of such county shall submit the question of the division of such county to the voters thereof at the next general election. Such petition must be filed with the county auditor not later than the first Monday in July of any general election year.Each county shall, after division as prayed for in such petition, contain not less than twenty-four congressional townships or not less than one hundred million dollars of real property valuation, or no election may be ordered. Source: SL 1907, ch 100, §1; RC 1919, §5770; SDC 1939, §12.0401; SL 1982, ch 59; SL 1987, ch 67, §2.
SD Codified L § 7-3-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-2 - Voters' approval of division--Name and organization of new county.

7-3-2. Voters' approval of division--Name and organization of new county.If a majority of the votes cast at the next general election in such county, and also in each portion thereof proposed to be organized into a new county, shall be favorable to a division of such county, the portion in which the county seat thereof is located shall retain the name and organization of such county and the portion or portions in which the county seat is not located shall take the name or names prayed for in the petition for the division of the county, and the Governor shall forthwith proceed to organize the same as a county or counties under such name or names in the manner provided by law for organizing an unorganized county and, until such organization is perfected, the said portion or portions of such county shall for all governmental purposes remain and be a portion of such original county. Source: SL 1907, ch 100, §2; SL 1915, ch 127; SL 1917, ch 173; RC 1919, §5771; SDC 1939, §12.0402.
SD Codified L § 7-3-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 7 - Counties|Chapter 03 - Division Of Counties|Section 7-3-3 - Revision of commissioner districts after division of county.

7-3-3. Revision of commissioner districts after division of county.Whenever the area of any county in this state has been altered by division or by the changing of its boundaries, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county, at the first regular meeting thereafter, to establish commissioner districts in such county and fix the boundaries thereof in the manner provided by law for establishing commissioner districts and changing the boundaries thereof insofar as the same is applicable. Such commissioner districts so established and the boundaries so fixed shall remain as established and fixed until the same may be changed as provided by law. Whenever the organization of a new county results from such alteration, the same duty shall devolve upon the commissioners of the new county. Source: SL 1915, ch 134; RC 1919, §5786; SDC 1939, §12.0415.