Section 10-23-15 - Title becoming defective subsequent to sale--Refund to purchaser. - South Dakota Statutes

10-23-15. Title becoming defective subsequent to sale--Refund to purchaser. When, after any real property has been assessed, the entry is canceled by the United States government, or when a contract of sale upon school land has been canceled prior or subsequent to tax sale or when a mortgage securing moneys belonging to the permanent school or educational funds has been foreclosed and no redemption has been made prior or subsequent to tax sale, and the same has been sold for taxes to an innocent purchaser, the county shall refund to such purchaser, his heirs, assigns, or personal representatives, the amount paid upon the same and any subsequent taxes paid to protect the tax sale certificate, with interest as provided in § 10-23-14.

Source: SL 1897, ch 28, § 123; RPolC 1903, § 2202; SL 1909, ch 129; RC 1919, § 6793; SL 1925, ch 88; SL 1927, ch 50; SL 1933, ch 196; SDC 1939, § 57.1113.