S.D. Codified Laws § 46A-3C-2
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Petition for dissolution--Form
Official statutory text
A petition of dissolution pursuant to § 46A-3C-1 must:
(1) State the legal name of the water development district;
(2) Request that the district be dissolved; and
(3) Include the address of each individual who signed the petition and the date on which the individual signed the petition, in the individual's own handwriting.
If the petition contains more than one page, each page must have an identical heading.
Each page of the petition containing signatures must contain an affidavit by the circulator in substantially the following form:
STATE OF SOUTH )
DAKOTA ) SS
COUNTY OF __________ )
I, the undersigned _______________, being first duly sworn, depose and say, that I am the circulator of the foregoing petition containing __________ signatures; each individual whose name appears on the petition sheet personally signed the petition in my presence; I believe that each of the signers is a resident at the address written opposite the signer's name; and I stated the legal effect and nature of the petition to each individual, prior to the individual signing the petition.
__________________________________
Circulator
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ________________ day of _________________, 20____.
__________________________________
Notary Public
Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, § 25; SL 2011, ch 165, § 328; SL 2025, ch 186, § 34.
(1) State the legal name of the water development district;
(2) Request that the district be dissolved; and
(3) Include the address of each individual who signed the petition and the date on which the individual signed the petition, in the individual's own handwriting.
If the petition contains more than one page, each page must have an identical heading.
Each page of the petition containing signatures must contain an affidavit by the circulator in substantially the following form:
STATE OF SOUTH )
DAKOTA ) SS
COUNTY OF __________ )
I, the undersigned _______________, being first duly sworn, depose and say, that I am the circulator of the foregoing petition containing __________ signatures; each individual whose name appears on the petition sheet personally signed the petition in my presence; I believe that each of the signers is a resident at the address written opposite the signer's name; and I stated the legal effect and nature of the petition to each individual, prior to the individual signing the petition.
__________________________________
Circulator
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ________________ day of _________________, 20____.
__________________________________
Notary Public
Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, § 25; SL 2011, ch 165, § 328; SL 2025, ch 186, § 34.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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