Each municipality shall designate at a meeting of its governing body an official newspaper or newspapers, for all legal and other official notices that must be published by law, for a period of time, not to be less than twelve months, specified by the governing body in a resolution. The newspaper must be published in the municipality. If no newspaper is published in the municipality, the municipality shall comply with the requirements provided in § 17-2-11.

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; SL 2025, ch 39 , § 1.