South Dakota § 9-36-12 - Notice to adjoining property owners to make improvements--Publication.
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§ 9-36-12. Notice to adjoining property owners to make improvements--Publication.
Whenever the governing body shall deem it necessary to make any such improvement as described in § 9-36-11, it shall notify all owners of such abutting or adjoining property to construct, reconstruct, or repair the same at their own cost within the time designated, by publishing once in each week for at least two consecutive weeks a notice to such owners fixing a time and place when and where they may appear and enter their protest against such contemplated improvement, setting forth what work is to be done and the character of the same and the time within which they are required to do the same. Such notice may be general as to the owners but must be specific as to the description of the lots to be affected.
Source: SL 1911, ch 94, § 2; RC 1919, § 6367; SDC 1939, § 45.2008; SL 1972, ch 236, § 1.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 9-36-12 ("Notice to adjoining property owners to make improvements--Publication.") 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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