South Dakota Statutes

§ 7-2-3 — Majority approval of consolidation or boundary change.

South Dakota § 7-2-3
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 7COUNTIES
Ch. 7-1CONSOLIDATION AND CHANGE OF COUNTY BOUNDARIES

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S.D. Codified Laws § 7-2-3 (2026).

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If at any election held under the provisions of this chapter, a majority of all the votes cast at the election in each of the affected counties are in favor of consolidation of two or more counties or the changing of the boundary lines of named counties, they must be declared consolidated or changed as per the ballot question and this chapter.

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Related

County of Tripp v. State
264 N.W.2d 213 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1978)
21 case citations
Oglala Sioux Tribe of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation v. State of South Dakota
770 F.2d 730 (Eighth Circuit, 1985)
2 case citations

Legislative History

SL 1893, ch 45, §§ 5, 6; RPolC 1903, §§ 779, 780; RC 1919, §§ 5758, 5759; SDC 1939, § 12.0303; SL 2024, ch 26, § 7.

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