2011 South Dakota Code
Title 21 JUDICIAL REMEDIES
Chapter 36. Actions For Escheat Of Property
§21-36-23 Real property managed by commissioner of school and public lands--Sale of property--Disposition of proceeds.

21-36-23. Real property managed by commissioner of school and public lands--Sale of property--Disposition of proceeds. Any real estate recovered under the provisions of this chapter shall be surrendered by the receiver, or administrator to the commissioner of school and public lands and shall be leased and managed by him subject to the rights of recovery as provided by this chapter, and after the expiration of such right of recovery may be sold in the manner provided by law for the sale of other school and public lands; provided, that when such real estate is of an appraised value of less than one thousand dollars as determined by the Board of Appraisal provided for by § 5-9-3, and in the opinion of the commissioner it will be to the best interest of the state that the same be sold and converted into money, he may cause the same to be sold upon the notice and in the manner provided in §§ 5-9-36 to 5-9-38, inclusive, for the sale of improvements on public lands and the proceeds therefrom placed by the commissioner in the said special fund provided for in § 21-36-22 in case of sale of escheated personal property pending the expiration of the right of recovery as provided in § 21-36-24.

Source: SL 1909, ch 104, § 8; RC 1919, § 3056; SL 1929, ch 119, § 1; SDC 1939, § 37.4206; SL 1945, ch 164.