If land situated in a county is selected and designated for sale by the commissioner of school and public lands pursuant to the provisions of § 5-9-1, the land shall be advertised for sale at public auction by the publication of a notice of the sale, stating the time and place at which the sale of land will begin. The notice shall be published once each week for at least four consecutive weeks in the official newspapers of the county in which the land is located. The published notice of the time and place of the sale need not include the legal descriptions of the land to be offered at the sale. The selection, designation, appraisal, and advertising of the sale of the land shall be done concurrently.

Source: SL 1911, ch 224, § 33; RC 1919, § 5657; SL 1919, ch 306, § 1; SDC 1939, § 15.0304; SL 1961, ch 55; SL 1982, ch 50, § 2; SL 1992, ch 44.