South Dakota § 58-6-78 - Director to supply summary statement to each legal newspaper published in each judicial circuit--Recognition of legal newspaper.
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§ 58-6-78. Director to supply summary statement to each legal newspaper published in each judicial circuit--Recognition of legal newspaper.
The director shall supply at least one such statement to each legal newspaper published in each judicial circuit, if there are a sufficient number of such statements to be published so to supply each newspaper, and no newspaper shall receive a second statement for publication until each legal newspaper in each circuit shall be furnished at least one such statement for publication. If there are insufficient statements to supply all newspapers in one year, the statements for the succeeding year shall be first supplied to those newspapers not supplied the previous year, and they shall be so supplied in each succeeding year. The publisher of any legal newspaper published in this state, who desires his publication to be recognized in the distribution of annual statements, shall each year, on or before the first day of April, furnish to the director an affidavit that the newspaper he seeks to have recognized is a legal newspaper.
Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 3, § 27.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 58-6-78 ("Director to supply summary statement to each legal newspaper published in each judicial circuit--Recognition of legal newspaper.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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