The removal of any municipal officer from the ward or municipality for which the officer was elected or appointed, or the officer’s failure, within ten days after the first meeting of the month following the election or appointment, to qualify and begin the duties of office, causes a vacancy in the office.

Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art III, § 3; SL 1890, ch 37, art XIV, § 11; RPolC 1903, § 1294; SL 1913, ch 119, § 113; RC 1919, § 6274; SDC 1939, § 45.1108; SL 2016, ch 50, § 3.