Welcome to the Hand County Township page, hosted by the Hand County Auditor’s Office.

On this page we hope you will find information useful for your townships. If you are just visiting the page, we hope you find it interesting.

We are always open to new content, ideas or suggestions, so if you want, contact us at [email protected] and we’ll see what we can do.

FY 2021 Information

2021 Township Forms

May 25, 2020 — An ad valorem tax is a tax based on the assessed value of an item, such as real estate or personal property. The most common ad valorem taxes are property taxes levied on real estate. The Latin phrase ad valorem means “according to value.” So all ad valorem taxes are based on the assessed value of the item being taxed. (Ad Valorem Tax Definition (investopedia.com)

Township Board Member Contact form.
2022 Property Tax Calculation Index (CPI) of 1.2%
SD-DOR / Local Government Opt-Out Information for 2021 (Taxes payable in 2022)
- Just the forms for Opt-Out
Township Road & Bridge Levy information
Clerk’s “Notice to the Hand County Auditor” Form (combines several elements)
Clerk’s “Township Contact List” ***New and Improved***
Clerk & Treasurer’s “Oath of Office” on one page.
Treasurer’s Record of Disbursements (in Excel)
Treasurer’s Record of Receipts (in Excel)
Treasurer’s Annual Statement (in Excel)
Annual Statement Instructions
2021 Hand County’s Opt-Out Summary (provided by SD-DOR)

2021 Property Tax Year (Posted December 22, 2020)

FY2021 PT-73 Outlining School District Requests and the resulting levies to achieve those requests.
FY2021 PT-73 Outlining Towns & Township Requests and the resulting levies to achieve those requests.
FY2021 PT-75 Outlining the County, Secondary Roads, Fire District and Tax Incremental District Requests and the resulting levies to achieve those requests.
FY2021 PT-74 Outlining the Total Taxes Levied by Geographic District (as related to school districts)

TrueNorth Steel (Beadle County bid book – valid for other units of government)

HURON, SD OFFICE

TrueNorth Steel
220 4th Street NW
Huron, SD 57350

Telephone: 605-352-8643
Email: [email protected]

South Dakota Association of Towns and Townships

The auditor’s office will no longer be providing the “Township Laws” booklet.
- If you want additional copies, please visit: http://www.sdtownships.com/
- Contact Information:
  - South Dakota Association of Towns & Townships
    P.O. Box 903
    Huron, South Dakota 57350
    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 605-353-1439
    Cell: 605-936-3883
- Association Brief on Right of Way management

2020 Property Tax Year

2020 Application for Abatement of Property Taxes (Hand County Specific)
2020 Summary of Taxes Requested and Percentages (Internal Document)
2020 School District “Requests, Valuations and Tax Rates” (PT-73)
2020 Towns and Townships “Requests, Valuations and Tax Rates” (PT-73)
2020 Valuations for Towns and Townships in Hand County (PT74)
2020 Tax Levies for the county, secondary roads (unorganized townships), Fire Districts, Non-Tax Levy Response Areas and Miller Terminal (TIF) (PT75)

On November 23, 2020 I received word that the growth report (with utilities) was ready to use for calculating tax levies.

The report is broken down into two segments. The first is the report for the County as a while, the school districts and the fire districts. Only the Polo Fire District has taxing authority. All other fire departments negotiate with the townships for support.

The Tax Incremental Finance (TIF) District is also attached to this report. That portion only applies to the Harrold Terminal in Miller Township an used solely for the purposes of the TIF.

Click on this link to view or download this segment of the report: County, Schools, Fire Districts & TIF for 2021

The second segment contains the growth data for the Towns and Townships. It does not include the unorganized townships because they are part of what is called “Secondary Roads” which is included in the first segmented report.

Click on this link to view or download the second segment of the report: Towns & Townships for 2021

Important changes from 2019 to 2020:

*** PT-73 Report detailing Township tax requests payable in 2020 *** (gives you the dollar amount from which to build).

The auditor’s office will no longer be providing the South Dakota Association of Towns and Townships “Township Laws” booklet.
- If you want additional copies, please visit: http://www.sdtownships.com/
- Contact Information:
  - South Dakota Association of Towns & Townships
    P.O. Box 903
    Huron, South Dakota 57350
    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: 605-353-1439
    Cell: 605-936-3883
We can not accept blank forms when you turn in your township reports. Forms with missing data will result in misinformation during filing.
We can not edit your report forms, even with your township’s permission.
Levy requests must be filled out completely using numeric values were appropriate.
You may not submit levy forms which indicate that you want the “MAX”, numeric values must be presented.
CPI values have been published and the form is available for viewing or download below.

In the next area you will find reports of previous years officers, Legal Notices file or to be filed related to our townships and Township Forms.

In accordance with: SDCL “8-5-14. Supervisor names and phone numbers to be posted on township website. A county official of any county that maintains an official website shall post thereon the name and phone number of each person serving on a board of township supervisors within the county.
Source: SL 2019, ch 52, § 1.”

Township Officers 2004-2005

Township Officers 2017-2018

Township Officers 2018

Township Officers 2018-2019

Township Officers 2019

Township Officers 2020

Legal Notices for Townships

2019 Notice of Annual Meetings used to build 2020 Notice for Publication

Township TREASURER Forms:

Township Record of Receipts (Excel Spreadsheet)

Township Record of Receipts (PDF document)

Township Record of Disbursements (Excel Spreadsheet)