9-3-3. Census of proposed municipality--Contents--Verification.
Any person making application for the organization of a proposed municipality shall cause an accurate census to be taken of the landowners and the legal resident population of the proposed municipality not more than thirty days previous to the time of presenting the application to the board of county commissioners. The census shall exhibit the name of each landowner and legal resident residing in the proposed municipality and the number of persons belonging to each family as of a certain date. The census shall be verified by the affidavit of the person taking the census.
Source: SDC 1939, §45.0302; SL 1999, ch 37, §1; SL 2016, ch 48, §4.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 9 - Municipal Government
Chapter 03 - Incorporation Of Municipalities
Section 9-3-1 - Minimum population of municipalities.
Section 9-3-1.1 - Minimum distance from existing municipality--Exceptions.
Section 9-3-2 - Survey and map showing proposed municipal boundaries--Affidavit of surveyor.
Section 9-3-3 - Census of proposed municipality--Contents--Verification.
Section 9-3-4 - Survey, map, and census available for public inspection.
Section 9-3-6 - County commissioners' order to incorporate municipality--Name--Date for election.
Section 9-3-10 - Balloting on question of incorporation--Majority required for incorporation.
Section 9-3-11 - Canvass and return of votes to county commissioners.
Section 9-3-12 - County commissioners' order declaring municipality incorporated--Conclusive effect.
Section 9-3-13 - Adjustment of claims and accounts between municipality and civil township.
Section 9-3-17 - Term of office for elected officials.
Section 9-3-19 - Recording by county auditor of certificate of election.
Section 9-3-20 - Regularity of incorporation questioned only by state.
Section 9-3-21 - Validation of prior incorporation of municipalities.
Section 9-3-22 - Municipality for historical or educational purposes authorized--Recording of plat.
Section 9-3-23 - Name of historical or educational municipality.
Section 9-3-24 - Exemption of historical or educational municipality from usual requirements.
Section 9-3-25 - Governing board of historical or educational municipality--Rules and regulations.
Section 9-3-26 - Historical or educational municipality--Public funds.
Section 9-3-27 - Exemption of historical or educational municipality from public control.
Section 9-3-29 - Dissolution of municipal corporation by Department of Transportation or county.