S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-17-69 (2026)
The initial license term begins on the day the application is approved. The license shall expire on December thirty-first of the year in which the license term began, unless the initial license date is between November first and December thirty-first, in which instance the initial license term runs through December thirty-first of the following year.
Source: SL 2024, ch 196 , § 18.