The board may act upon a written drainage project petition only if it is signed by a majority of the resident owners of lands described in the petition who are likely to be affected by the proposed drainage. If potentially affected land is sold under a contract for deed which is of record in the office of the register of deeds, both the seller and the purchaser of the land shall be treated as owners.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 46A-10A-58

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1985, ch 362, § 58.