The person employed pursuant to § 10-10-2 shall make a classification of all lands and other real estate as a basis for fixing values for taxation purposes. In making such classification, he shall personally inspect such real estate and place each legal subdivision in its proper class, making the proper distinction between each legal subdivision as to topography, soil, location, and other factors that may reasonably enter into valuation. He shall enter such classification in a permanent record which shall be open to examination and inspection by any interested taxpayer. In working out a classification of all lands for taxation purposes, he shall hold hearings in convenient places within the county for the purpose of obtaining information from local property owners to aid him in working out an equitable classification for taxation purposes.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 10-10-5

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1931, ch 255, § 3; SDC 1939, § 57.0414.

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