An Incredible State!
With Questionable Leadership.
This site is for those of you who live in South Dakota and those of you thinking of moving here. First, if thinking of moving here, please embrace OUR way of life, and don’t insist on bringing yours here. Our state motto is “Under God the People Rule.”
Ever since Covid hit, the rest of the country saw we were not going to shut down, and people were desperate to move here. Especially people from states with high levels of fuckeduppery (California, Colorado, Washington).
“Owning a home means crafting your own personal masterpiece.” Ezra Pound
Local Press
“Representative Trish Ladner from District 30 in South Dakota introduced a bill to the state legislature that she says would effectively solve the issue of rising property taxes. The bill itself, SB 167 would reset property tax rates to what they were in 2020 and cap increases at no more than 3% per year. From 2020 to 2023, the average increase in property taxes is about 58% statewide. Under this legislation, that increase would have been capped at 9%. Ladner says the recent rate increases are the result of a variety of factors.” – Kota TV
In South Dakota last winter, legislators introduced multiple tax-relief bills. They ultimately rejected property tax relief in favor of a temporary reduction of the state sales tax rate. A new bill to limit annual tax valuation increases for owner-occupied homes has already been filed ahead of the beginning of this year’s legislative session.” – South Dakota Searchlight
“This year ours went up $1,200, I imagine that’s a 10, 15 percent increase,” Lincoln County commissioner Jim Schmidt said. “We’ve had people that have called me with 30, 35 percent, and that’s pretty drastic. I understand when they say, how do you expect us to pay this? I have no answers.” –Keloland
‘”Despite heavy opposition from the Department of Revenue, school groups and business groups, a bill that would cap property taxes for homeowners squeaked by the Senate Taxation committee in a 4-3 vote Wednesday.” – MSN
How many elderly people you see have to leave the house they’ve had their whole life because their fixed income and their property taxes keep rising every year and they can’t afford to stay there. And nobody gives a crap about it, and they’re booted out, they have to leave their homes. –Jesse Ventura
HOW IS MY PROPERTY ASSESSED?
“The assessor’s office first reviews all the property to be assessed in your community and then values it. In reviewing your individual property, the assessor collects data about its characteristics, such as the amount of land you own, the location of your property, the number and size of improvements on your land, the physical characteristics of the improvements including number and type of rooms, the quality of construction of improvements, and so on. This information is used to estimate the market value of your property by comparing the sale prices of similar properties, estimating the cost to construct your property, and/or calculating the potential rental income your property could generate (if any).
Accurate appraisals require constant searching for and accumulation of significant facts to analyze in order to estimate the fair market value of your property.” – Understanding Your Property Taxes
Have you tried to figure out how your value is determined? If you called your local county office and asked a few questions and got the runaround, you are not alone. And if you followed that up with contacting the ‘state’, you no doubt got more bullshit response about “contact your local county office and appeal the value through proper process.” And you tell them that you are questioning the process itself and that you have reason to believe that the office is corrupt…. and are asking the state to do an audit.” And you get the same cookie cutter response. Because the state doesn’t give a shit.
“Homeownership isn’t just about securing a place, it’s about anchoring dreams.”
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“Homeownership is the cornerstone of a strong community.”
— Rick Renzi
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“In every homeowner lies the heart of the place they call home.”