South Dakota Statutes

§ 10-12-8 — Annual county levy for general purposes--Estimate of expenses as basis for levy.

South Dakota § 10-12-8
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 10TAXATION
Ch. 10-10ASTATE AND LOCAL PROPERTY TAX LEVIES

This text of South Dakota § 10-12-8 (Annual county levy for general purposes--Estimate of expenses as basis for levy.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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S.D. Codified Laws § 10-12-8 (2026).

Text

On the first Tuesday in September of each year, or within ten days thereafter, the board of county commissioners shall levy the necessary taxes for the current fiscal year on all taxable property in the county. The taxes shall be based upon an itemized estimate of the county expenses for the ensuing year. No greater levy of county tax may be made upon the taxable property of any county than will be equal to the amount of such expenses, with an excess of five percent of the same.

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Related

Blumer v. Sch. Bd. of Beresford Ind. Sch. Dist. No. 68
237 N.W.2d 655 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1975)
2 case citations

Legislative History

SL 1899, ch 41, § 3; RPolC 1903, § 2137; SL 1905, ch 43; SL 1918 (SS), ch 51; RC 1919, § 6749; SDC 1939, § 57.0505; SL 1959, ch 434, § 1; SL 1984, ch 49, § 3.

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