4-9-1. Auditor’s warrant required for payments. Money shall be paid from the state treasury only upon the auditor’s warrant, which is defined to be an acceptable instrument of payment. Source: SL 1891, ch 113, §10; RPolC 1903, §329; RC 1919, §6942; SDC 1939, §55.2314; SL 1984, ch 30, §3A; SL 1985, ch 33, §38; SL […]
4-9-1.1. Rules for issuing warrants. The state auditor shall adopt, pursuant to chapter 1-26, rules governing the procedure for issuing state warrants and the disbursements for which warrants may and may not be issued. Source: SL 1975, ch 10, §1.
4-9-10. Apportionment of money due other public agencies–Warrant and notice of amount. The apportionment of all money paid into the state treasury, any part of which is required by law to be paid to the several counties, to municipal corporations, or to Indian tribes, or any part of which is to be rebated in compliance […]
4-9-11. Payment of warrants by treasurer–Cancellation, recording, and registration. The state treasurer shall pay warrants drawn by the state auditor in conformity with the provisions of this code, when there is money in the treasury appropriated for that purpose. After a warrant is paid he shall cause it to be indelibly canceled by perforating or […]
4-9-12. Treasurer not to purchase warrants at discount nor to receive fees. The state treasurer shall in no case purchase or receive any warrant payable at the state treasury, or any audited account, at a less value than is expressed therein; nor shall he receive any fee or reward, aside from his annual salary, for […]
4-9-13. Treasurer’s warrant register–Items shown. The state treasurer shall provide himself with and keep a warrant register, which register shall show in a column arranged for that purpose the number, date, and amount of each warrant presented, the particular fund upon which the same is drawn, the date of presentation, the name and address of […]
4-9-14. Registration and endorsement of warrants not paid for want of funds. Whenever any warrant shall be presented to any such treasurer for payment and there shall be no funds in the treasury appropriated for that purpose, the treasurer shall enter such warrant in his warrant register for payment, in the order of presentation; and […]
4-9-15. Interest on warrants not paid for want of funds. All state warrants shall draw interest after presentation for payment at the office of the state treasurer and endorsement by that officer as “not paid for want of funds,” at a rate to be negotiated by the parties. Source: RPolC 1903, §2247; SL 1909, ch […]
4-9-16. Order of payment of warrants–Notice of sufficiency of funds to holders of registered warrants. All warrants upon the state treasurer shall be paid out of the fund on which they were drawn in the order of their presentation. All registered state warrants shall be paid in the order of their registration, and it shall […]
4-9-17. Termination of funds in treasury–Retention of money to pay outstanding liabilities and warrants–Transfer of remaining balance after 180 days. If a fund other than the general fund becomes nonexistent or is transferred to another fund by an act of the Legislature or by directive of any state department or institution, the commissioner of finance […]
4-9-18. Cancellation of unclaimed warrants held by auditor. The state auditor may cancel all state warrants remaining unclaimed in his office after the expiration of one hundred eighty days from the date of the issue thereof. Source: SL 1913, ch 360; RC 1919, §6887; SDC 1939, §55.2506; SL 1970, ch 31, §2; SL 1985, ch […]
4-9-19. Period allowed for presentation of warrants to treasurer. No warrant issued by the state auditor at any time before or after July 1, 1988, may be paid by the state treasurer unless such warrant shall be presented to the state treasurer within one hundred eighty days of the date on which the warrant was […]
4-9-2. Accounts and claims presented to auditor for examination and adjustments–Institutional payrolls. All accounts and claims against the state, which shall be by law directed to be paid out of the state treasury thereof, shall be presented to the state auditor, who shall examine and adjust the same; provided, however, that the Bureau of Finance […]
4-9-20. Cancellation of warrants not presented for payment–Record. Any warrant that has not been presented for payment at any time within the one hundred eighty-day period from the date on which the warrant was issued by the holder or owner of such warrant shall be canceled by the state auditor and a record kept showing […]
4-9-21. Replacement of lost and destroyed warrants and checks authorized. If any warrant or check issued by the state or any of its political subdivisions is lost or destroyed, so that it cannot be presented for payment the state and its political subdivisions may issue a replacement warrant or check as set forth in §§4-9-22 […]
4-9-22. Application and affidavit for replacement of lost or destroyed warrant or check. An application and affidavit shall be made to the issuing officer, containing information to identify the original warrant or check with a request that a replacement warrant or check be issued. If the applicant is not the payee of the warrant or […]
4-9-23. Addition of identifying information to application for replacement warrant or check. The issuing officer shall place on the application provided for by §4-9-22 sufficient information to show the original warrant or check number, date of issue, payee, and fund. Source: SL 1965, ch 243, §1 (4).
4-9-24. Stop order on lost or destroyed warrant or check–Issuance of replacement. Upon approval of the application by the issuing officer, the issuing officer shall cause a stop-payment order to be filed with the drawee bank and he shall thereafter issue a warrant or check marked “REPLACEMENT OF NO. _ ” and deliver the warrant […]
4-9-25. State and political subdivisions relieved from liability on issuance of replacement warrant or check. If a replacement warrant or check is issued under the provisions of §4-9-24, the original warrant or check is considered canceled, and the state or its political subdivisions are relieved from any liability for the payment thereof. In no case […]
4-9-26. Discretion in issuance of duplicate warrant or check. The issuing officer shall use his discretion in carrying out the provisions of §§4-9-21 to 4-9-25, inclusive, as appears to him to be right and in accordance with justice, honesty, and circumstances. Source: SL 1965, ch 243, §1.
