2017 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 10 - TAXATION
Chapter 25 - Tax Deeds
§ 10-25-26 Removal of cloud on title by transfer, assignment, or satisfaction--Maximum consideration.
10-25-26. Removal of cloud on title by transfer, assignment, or satisfaction--Maximum consideration. The board of county commissioners may procure from any person, firm, or corporation having any interest in such land, real or apparent, a transfer, assignment, or satisfaction of the interest for the purpose of removing any cloud from the title of the land. The authority granted in this section may be exercised either in lieu of an action to quiet title or in connection with such an action. However, the consideration for the transfer, assignment, or satisfaction may not exceed twenty-five dollars in connection with any one piece or parcel of land, the title to which is sought to be quieted or cloud to the title removed. The board of county commissioners may negotiate with any person having any interest, real or apparent, in any such real estate, for such transfers, assignments, or satisfactions and may pay for the transfers, assignments, or satisfactions within the limitations provided in this section.
Source: SL 1941, ch 43, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 37.1501-2; SL 2008, ch 37, § 76.
