6-1-4. Limitation of actions to recover amounts paid under unlawful contracts--Fraud or deceit.
Any civil action to recover the amounts paid by a county, municipality, township or school district under any of the conditions of §§6-1-1 to 6-1-3, inclusive, must notwithstanding any other law or statute of limitation, be commenced within six months from the date of publication of the minutes recording the approval of the voucher in payment thereof or within six months from the filing of any audit report covering the expenditure therefor, whichever of the two events occurs the later; but, this limitation for commencement of civil action shall not apply where any fraud or deceit was used in securing or performing such contract.
Source: SL 1955, ch 206, §1; SL 1957, ch 254; SL 1959, ch 273; SDC Supp 1960, §10.0708; SL 1963, ch 30.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 6 - Local Government Generally
Chapter 01 - Acts and Records of Local Officers
Section 6-1-1 - Local officer's interest in public purchase or contract unlawful--Contract void.
Section 6-1-3 - Deposit of funds permitted despite bank connection of public officer.
Section 6-1-9 - Officers to provide necessary blanks and records for office.
Section 6-1-10 - Publication of payroll information.
Section 6-1-11 - Form of certain public records--Duplicate--Computerization.
Section 6-1-12 - "Local government" defined.
Section 6-1-13 - Rent control of private residential property prohibited.
Section 6-1-14 - Limitation on delegation, transfer, or assignment of taxing authority.
Section 6-1-15 - Health and dental insurance.
Section 6-1-16 - Insurance for retiring employees.
Section 6-1-18 - Officer may consider relevant information from any source--Reliance on experience.
Section 6-1-21 - Grounds for disqualification of officer in quasi-judicial proceeding.