South Dakota Codified Laws 10-26-5. Publication of notice of county intention to take tax deed–Form
The county treasurer shall also give notice of intention to take tax deed by the county of the property by publishing notice in the designated newspapers of the county in which the real estate is situated. The notice shall be published at least two successive weeks before November tenth of the year in which the list is prepared and filed. The notice shall be substantially in the following form:
“NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE TAX DEED BY COUNTY
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 10-26-5
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
“NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that WHEREAS the taxes remain unpaid upon real property described in that certain delinquent tax list, which is now on file in the offices of the county treasurer and county auditor of _______________ county of South Dakota, giving the years of all taxes delinquent for a period of six years or more immediately preceding the filing of said list as aforesaid, that the right of redemption will expire and TAX DEED will be issued to _______________ county upon the expiration of sixty days from the completed service of this notice unless redemption is made as provided by law.
(Signed) __________ Treasurer of __________ county”
Source: SL 1953, ch 479, § 1; SL 1966, ch 257, § 1; SL 1972, ch 64, § 2; SL 2008, ch 37, § 83.