Each municipality shall designate at a meeting of its governing body an official newspaper or newspapers for a period of time, not to be less than twelve months, specified by the governing body in a resolution. The newspaper shall be published in the municipality. However, if there is no newspaper published in the municipality, then a newspaper published outside of the municipality may be used if the newspaper serves the municipality.

Source: SL 1913, ch 119, § 34; RC 1919, § 6169 (83); SL 1921, ch 309; SDC 1939, § 45.0201 (22); SL 1964, ch 137; SL 1985, ch 57, § 1; SL 2013, ch 36, § 1.