The track, road, or bridge, and the equipment and appurtenances thereunto belonging, of any railroad, street railway, plank road, gravel road, logging road, turnpike, or bridge company, or of any person or corporation owning and using any such track, road, or bridge as one of the facilities for the transaction of its business, when such track, road, or bridge lies wholly within one county, shall be assessed in the county, municipality, or district where such track, road, or bridge and the appurtenances thereto are located. This chapter shall not apply to the property of any railroad company in this state whose property is assessed for the purposes of taxation by the Department of Revenue.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 10-5-2

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SDC 1939, § 57.0323; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.