South Dakota § 3-1-3 Time allowed for qualification after decision of contest or removal of obstruction.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 3-1-3 — Time allowed for qualification after decision of contest or removal of obstruction.

South Dakota § 3-1-3

Title 3PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Ch. 3-1QUALIFICATION AND TERMS OF OFFICE

This text of South Dakota § 3-1-3 (Time allowed for qualification after decision of contest or removal of obstruction.) 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.

Bluebook

S.D. Codified Laws § 3-1-3 (2026).

Text

If there is a contest for such office, or if the person elected to such office is prevented or obstructed in any manner from entering upon the duties of such office, the time prescribed in which he shall qualify and enter upon the duties of his office shall not govern, and he shall be allowed twenty days after the day of such decision or the termination of such preventing or obstructing cause in which to qualify.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

If there is a contest for such office, or if the person elected to such office is prevented or obstructed in any manner from entering upon the duties of such office, the time prescribed in which he shall qualify and enter upon the duties of his office shall not govern, and he shall be allowed twenty days after the day of such decision or the termination of such preventing or obstructing cause in which to qualify.