An immediate vacancy is created if any elected municipal officer moves from the district, municipality, or ward for which the officer was elected or appointed to fill the vacancy of 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; SL 2026, ch 33 , § 9.