If there are no other bidders offering the amount due under a tax certificate sale, the treasurer may bid off all or any tax certificate offered at the sale for the amount of taxes, penalty, interest, and costs due and unpaid on the property, in the name of the county. The county may acquire all the rights, both legal and equitable, that any purchaser may acquire by reason of the purchase.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 10-23-24

  • 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
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1901, ch 46, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 2203; RC 1919, § 6794; SDC 1939, § 57.1108; SL 2018, ch 63, § 101.

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