§ 31-20-5 — Sale or donation of county tax lands for highway purposes--Appraisement and public sale unnecessary--Filing plat or dedication rendering subsequent sales subordinate--Procedure for conveyance--Reversion for nonuser.

Whenever the board of county commissioners determines that it is in the public interest, and in particular, to the interest of the county, the board may donate or sell and convey by quitclaim deed or easement to the State of South Dakota, for highway right - of - way purposes, the county's interest in any land it may have acquired by tax deed proceedings, without complying with chapter 6-13 , or may dedicate for highway purposes any land it may have so acquired by filing a plat or dedication of same fully describing the bounds of said right - of - way, and thereafter, all conveyances made of said land shall be made subject to the conveyance, grant or dedication of said right - of - way. All such conveyances, easements, or dedications shall be executed in the name of the county, by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, and attested by the county auditor, and shall contain a provision that when said property conveyed or dedicated ceases for the period of two years to be used as a public highway same shall revert to the county or its assigns.

Legislative History

SL 1943, ch 40, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 12.3405; SL 1989, ch 30, § 57.