South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 06 - Dissolution Of Municipalities
Section 9-6-9 - Jurisdiction of municipal territory after dissolution--Power of municipal officers to wind up affairs.

9-6-9. Jurisdiction of municipal territory after dissolution--Power of municipal officers to wind up affairs.
After the entry of the judgment of dissolution the territory comprised in such municipality shall revert to the jurisdiction and control and shall become a part of the local subdivision or organization of which it would have been a part had it never existed.
Its governing body and other officers shall cease to possess any powers except that they shall remain in office and shall possess, under the direction of the circuit court, all powers necessary to the winding up of the corporate affairs of such municipality, including the power to levy and collect taxes to pay its indebtedness, and to make all orders necessary for the disposal of its property and for the proper distribution of the proceeds thereof. Such governing body and other officers shall remain in office for such purposes only for the period of six months after the entry of the judgment of dissolution unless the court entering such judgment shall order an extension of such period of six months for the purpose of permitting the affairs of such municipality to be fully closed.

Source: SL 1903, ch 91, §5; RC 1919, §6570; SDC 1939, §45.3006.

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