South Dakota § 9-13-7 Municipal office--Nominating petition--Contents.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 9-13-7 — Municipal office--Nominating petition--Contents.

South Dakota § 9-13-7

Title 9MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 9-5MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 9-13-7 (2026).

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No candidate for elective municipal office may be nominated unless the candidate files a nominating petition with the finance officer no later than five p.m. on the Tuesday seventy days before the date of the election. A petition is considered filed if it is mailed by registered mail by five p.m. on the last day to file a petition. The petition must be on the form prescribed by the State Board of Elections and must contain:

(1)The name of the candidate;

(2)The candidate's residential address;

(3)The candidate's mailing address, if applicable; and (4) The office the candidate seeks. If an individual who signs a petition lives within a second-class or third-class municipality, the individual may give the individual's post office box number in lieu of a street address. The fina

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No candidate for elective municipal office may be nominated unless the candidate files a nominating petition with the finance officer no later than five p.m. on the Tuesday seventy days before the date of the election. A petition is considered filed if it is mailed by registered mail by five p.m. on the last day to file a petition. The petition must be on the form prescribed by the State Board of Elections and must contain: (1) The name of the candidate; (2) The candidate's residential address; (3) The candidate's mailing address, if applicable; and (4) The office the candidate seeks. If an individual who signs a petition lives within a second-class or third-class municipality, the individual may give the individual's post office box number in lieu of a street address. The finance officer may only accept a nominating petition that is on the prescribed form and was circulated and submitted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and chapter 12-6 . The municipal finance officer or clerk shall verify by signature that the nominating petition contains the minimum number of signatures of registered voters within the municipality or ward, and that the candidate is a registered voter within the municipality or ward. Upon verification, the filing of a nominating petition constitutes nomination.

Legislative History

RPolC 1903, § 1902; SL 1915, ch 115, § 4; SL 1915, ch 258, § 4; RC 1919, § 6318; SDC 1939, § 45.1307; SL 1939, ch 186; SL 1985, ch 58, § 1; SL 1986, ch 67, § 3; SL 1992, ch 110, § 4; SL 2004, ch 75, § 3; SL 2015, ch 77, § 15 rejected Nov. 8, 2016; SL 2020, ch 26, § 1; SL 2025, ch 40, § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.