South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 45 - Street And Alley Improvements
Section 9-45-11 - Notice and hearing on vacation of platted street or alley--Evidence of nonuser.

9-45-11. Notice and hearing on vacation of platted street or alley--Evidence of nonuser.
After the filing of a petition pursuant to §9-45-10, the governing body shall give notice by publication once each week for at least two successive weeks. The notice shall state that a petition has been filed, briefly state the object of the petition, and the date that the petition will be heard and considered by the governing body or the committee appointed by the governing body for that purpose. The hearing shall be held not less than ten days from the last publication of the notice. Upon the hearing it is sufficient to establish that the street, or alley, or any part thereof to be vacated, has not been used, worked, or traveled during the twenty years preceding the time for the meeting and since the recording of the plat thereof.

Source: SL 1893, ch 122, §1; RPolC 1903, §1301; RC 1919, §6354; SDC 1939, §45.1708; SL 1949, ch 186; SL 1951, ch 241, §1; SL 1972, ch 51, §3; SL 2007, ch 42, §1; SL 2011, ch 45, §1.

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