In all cases where application has, before July 1, 1939, been made for the organization of a municipality and such municipality has assumed to act as a municipality, the organization thereof is hereby in all things legalized, ratified, and declared valid, notwithstanding any errors, omissions, or informalities therein.
S.D. Codified Laws § 9-3-21
Validation of prior incorporation of municipalities
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Buffalo Chip (2020)
Most recently applied in State v. Buffalo Chip (November 2020)
Source: SL 1907, ch 6; SL 1907, ch 8; RC 1919, § 6184; SDC 1939, § 45.0314; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.
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