Section 10-25-20 - Treasurer's duty to issue tax deed on property bid in by county on application bycounty commissioners or taxing district--Enforcement by mandamus. - South Dakota Statutes

10-25-20. Treasurer's duty to issue tax deed on property bid in by county on application by county commissioners or taxing district--Enforcement by mandamus. If any real property has been bid in by the county treasurer in the name of the county at tax sale and has not been redeemed from the sale or the county has not assigned the certificate of purchase, and if sufficient time has elapsed since the tax sale that a tax deed may properly issue, if the county treasurer fails, refuses, or neglects to take proceedings for the issuance of a tax deed to the county, the county treasurer shall, upon written application of the county commissioners, or the governing body of any municipal corporation, school district, or township within the county that would be beneficiaries of the tax for which the property was sold, immediately give notice of intention to take tax deed as required by law. Upon such notice being given, if there is no redemption within the time allowed by law, the county treasurer shall issue a tax deed for the real property to the county as provided by law. If the county treasurer fails, refuses, or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section, the county treasurer's duty to comply may be enforced by writ of mandamus.

Source: SL 1897, ch 28, § 128; RPolC 1903, § 2207; SL 1911, ch 246; SL 1913, ch 354; SL 1917, ch 136; RC 1919, § 6803; SL 1937, ch 206; SDC 1939, § 57.1122; SL 2008, ch 37, § 71.