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Charles Mix County adopts $50 title-transfer-by-mail processing fee beginning July 1
Summary
The board approved Resolution 2024-02 after Auditor Jason Gant reviewed 2024 Senate Bill 112; the county will charge a $50 processing fee for title transfers by mail, excluding active-duty military, with revenue retained in the Treasurer Fees account.
The Charles Mix County Board of Commissioners voted on June 27 to impose a $50 processing fee for vehicle title transfers handled by mail or in person when extra handling is required, beginning July 1, 2024.
Auditor Jason Gant briefed the board on 2024 Senate Bill 112 and the statutory authority under SDCL to permit counties to levy a processing fee. The board approved Resolution 2024-02 authorizing the treasurer to charge a fifty-dollar processing fee to handle title transfers by mail and in person for individuals living or traveling outside South Dakota. The resolution exempts individuals serving in the military, directs that the fee be deposited in the Treasurer Fees account rather than remitted to the state, and specifies no sales tax will be collected on the processing fee.
Commissioners framed the change as compensation for additional time and expense handling out-of-state paperwork. The minutes record the motion passed unanimously (mover Stotz, second Soukup). The resolution took effect July 1, 2024, per the text recorded in the minutes.
