2017 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 10 - TAXATION
Chapter 21 - Payment And Receipt Of Property Taxes
§ 10-21-21 Ensuring proper amount of taxes collected--Liability of treasurer for deficiencies in collection.
10-21-21. Ensuring proper amount of taxes collected--Liability of treasurer for deficiencies in collection. The county shall establish a system of procedures to ensure that the proper amount of taxes have been collected, receipted into accountability, and deposited in the proper amount. If it appears that the treasurer has not collected the full amount of taxes and interest which according to the tax list and the terms of the receipt the treasurer should have collected, the auditor shall forthwith charge the treasurer with the amount such receipt falls short of the true amount, and the treasurer shall be liable on the official bond to account for and pay over the same.
Source: SL 1897, ch 28, § 87; RPolC 1903, § 2150; RC 1919, § 6767; SDC 1939, § 57.1008; SL 1995, ch 61, § 7.
