South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 18 - Corporate Powers And Obligations Of Counties
Section 7-18-9 - Condemnation of private property by county--Resolution of necessity.

7-18-9. Condemnation of private property by county--Resolution of necessity.
The board of county commissioners may condemn private property for public purposes in the manner and to the extent provided by law.
If the board of county commissioners deems it necessary to condemn private property for the purpose of opening, constructing, changing, relocating, maintaining, repairing, or extending any highway or bridge within its county, or for the purpose of erecting, repairing, or extending any courthouse, jail, or other public building, and of acquiring other or additional ground therefor, or for the purpose of providing cut slopes, borrow pits, or channel changes, or to afford unobstructed vision on the highways in the county at any point of danger to public travel, for right-of-way and borrow pit, or for the purpose of making any other public improvement or to acquire private property for any public use authorized by law, the board shall by resolution declare an appropriation necessary to be made and state the purpose and extent of the appropriation.
Nothing in this section may be construed as authorizing county commissioners to condemn property for county courthouse or jail site until a majority of the voters of a county have voted in favor of the erection of a courthouse or jail.

Source: SL 1913, ch 152, §§1, 2; RC 1919, §§5805, 5806; SDC 1939, §12.1806; SL 1957, ch 25; SL 2016, ch 44, §46.

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