The surety within sixty days after entering into such performance bond shall send notice of the bond to the secretary of revenue. Six months after the completion of the contract and the acceptance of the improvement by the owner thereof, the additional obligation imposed upon the surety shall cease unless written notice, within such period of time, of unpaid use taxes and contractors’ excise taxes, is given to the surety by the secretary of revenue.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 5-21-4

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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 1957, ch 479, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 65.0702-1; SL 1992, ch 48, § 2.