10-25-16. Limitation of proceedings to procure tax deed--Cancellation of certificate and bar of lien.
If a proceeding to procure a tax deed is not completed within six years after the date of the tax certificate sale on which the proceeding is based, the tax certificate sale, the lien for taxes, the lien of any taxes paid by the holder of the tax certificate as subsequent taxes, and all rights thereunder cease and are forever barred. The treasurer shall cancel the tax certificate on the treasurer's record and shall note on the sale records and the tax books of the treasurer's office that the tax certificate and the lien of subsequent tax receipts held by the owner of the tax certificate are barred and are not valid.
Source: SL 1909, ch 10, §1; SL 1913, ch 355; SL 1915, ch 294; RC 1919, §6806; SL 1921, ch 130, §1; SDC 1939, §57.1118; SL 2008, ch 37, §67; SL 2018, ch 63, §139.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Section 10-25-1 - Period within which tax deed may be procured.
Section 10-25-3 - Persons entitled to notice of intention to take tax deed.
Section 10-25-4 - Additional persons entitled to notice.
Section 10-25-6 - Service on decedent's representative, heirs, or beneficiaries.
Section 10-25-8 - Completion of service by filing of affidavit--Expiration of right of redemption.
Section 10-25-8.1 - Failure to redeem tax certificate.
Section 10-25-9 - Costs added to amount required for redemption.
Section 10-25-10 - Purchase of prior tax certificates required before issuance of deed.
Section 10-25-11 - Preparation and delivery of tax deed--Fee.
Section 10-25-12 - Title and possessory right vested by tax deed.
Section 10-25-13 - Contents of tax deed--Prima facie evidence of regularity of proceedings.
Section 10-25-14 - Tax deed based on private sale.
Section 10-25-19 - Acts constituting commencement and completion of proceedings to procure tax deed.
Section 10-25-20 - Tax deed on real property bid in by county.
Section 10-25-21 - Conveyance to county in lieu of tax deed--Maximum consideration.
Section 10-25-22 - Compromise or abatement of taxes on property conveyed to county.
Section 10-25-23 - Sale or rental of property conveyed in lieu of tax-deed proceedings.
Section 10-25-25 - Procedure in quiet-title action--Bond not required of county.
Section 10-25-27 - Rental of property acquired by county under tax deed--Apportionment of proceeds.