S.D. Codified Laws § 46A-3E-5
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Special assessment--Notice of resolution of intent--Contents--Service
Official statutory text
Within twenty days after adoption of a resolution of intent to specially assess, a water development district board of directors shall give written notice to the owners of real property described in the resolution. Persons who are entitled to notice in accordance with this section are those listed as the owners in the records of the register of deeds for the county in which the real property is located.
If real property is sold under a contract for deed that is recorded in the office of the register of deeds, both the landowner and the purchaser of the land, as named in the contract for deed, are entitled to notice.
Notice must be by registered or certified mail, effective upon the date mailed, and must contain:
(1) A description of the contract under which the assessment is to be made;
(2) A legal description of the owner's real property to be specially assessed;
(3) A description of the benefit to be returned to the property; and
(4) Information regarding the right to protest by petition.
Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, § 49; SL 1986, ch 375, § 1; SL 1987, ch 29, § 33; SL 1987, ch 333, § 1; SL 2025, ch 186, § 56.
If real property is sold under a contract for deed that is recorded in the office of the register of deeds, both the landowner and the purchaser of the land, as named in the contract for deed, are entitled to notice.
Notice must be by registered or certified mail, effective upon the date mailed, and must contain:
(1) A description of the contract under which the assessment is to be made;
(2) A legal description of the owner's real property to be specially assessed;
(3) A description of the benefit to be returned to the property; and
(4) Information regarding the right to protest by petition.
Source: SL 1984 (SS), ch 1, § 49; SL 1986, ch 375, § 1; SL 1987, ch 29, § 33; SL 1987, ch 333, § 1; SL 2025, ch 186, § 56.
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