South Dakota § 8-7-3 Forfeiture of costs and expenses for failure to comply with law.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 8-7-3 — Forfeiture of costs and expenses for failure to comply with law.

South Dakota § 8-7-3

Title 8TOWNSHIPS

Ch. 8-7TOWNSHIP TREASURER

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Bluebook

S.D. Codified Laws § 8-7-3 (2026).

Text

Each township treasurer, who refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of § 8-7-2 , shall forfeit not more than the amount the township was required to expend in costs and expenses due to the failure of the treasurer to comply with the law to be recovered by a civil action in the name of the township, for its use and benefit, in any court of competent jurisdiction; the amount to be fixed by the jury trying the cause or by the court if no jury be impaneled.

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Each township treasurer, who refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of § 8-7-2 , shall forfeit not more than the amount the township was required to expend in costs and expenses due to the failure of the treasurer to comply with the law to be recovered by a civil action in the name of the township, for its use and benefit, in any court of competent jurisdiction; the amount to be fixed by the jury trying the cause or by the court if no jury be impaneled.

Legislative History

SL 1872-3, ch 51, § 79; PolC 1877, ch 23, § 70; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, § 75; CL 1887, § 787; RPolC 1903, § 1081; RC 1919, § 6103; SDC 1939, § 58.0706; SL 2014, ch 48, § 12.