S.D. Codified Laws § 12-1-4

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 12-1-4 - Criteria for determining voting residence

For the purposes of this title, the term, residence, means the place in which a person is domiciled as shown by an actual fixed permanent dwelling, establishment, or any other abode to which the person returns after a period of absence.

A person who leaves the residence and goes into another county of this state or another state or territory for a temporary purpose has not changed residence.

A person is considered to have gained residence in any county or municipality of this state in which the person actually lives, if the person has no present intention of leaving.

A person retains residence in this state until another residence has been gained. If a person moves from this state to another state or territory with the intention of making it the person's permanent home, the person loses residence in this state.

SDCL 12-1-4

SL 1973, ch 67, § 1; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 2003, ch 80, §1; SL 2004, ch 105, §1; SL 2023, ch 42, §1.

Amended by S.L. 2023, ch. 42,s. 1, eff. 7/1/2023.