S.D. Codified Laws § 40-2-1
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Incorporation of society--Number of incorporators--Authorization by county to exercise statutory privileges and authority
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Any three or more citizens of this state organized pursuant to chapter 47-22 as a nonprofit corporation in this state, for the purpose of preventing cruelty to animals, may avail themselves of the privileges of this chapter through an animal control officer subject to the limitations in §§ 40-2-6 and 40-2-7 . The board of county commissioners in each county may grant authority to exercise the privileges and authority granted by this section to one or more qualified nonprofit corporations for a period of up to three years based upon ability to fulfill the purposes of this chapter.
Source: SDC 1939, § 40.2203; SL 2006, ch 211, § 1; SL 2014, ch 194, § 22.
Source: SDC 1939, § 40.2203; SL 2006, ch 211, § 1; SL 2014, ch 194, § 22.
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