South Dakota — No Statewide Short-Term Rental Preemption (Local Authority Intact) (SD)

Tracked preemption from the South Dakota overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
2026-05-20
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:SD

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

always true

Preempted fields

1 field on the base district schema is rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
str_local_regulation_authoritypreservefull_municipal_under_ch_11_4Unlike AZ (A.R.S. §9-500.39), FL (F.S. §509.032(7)), TN (TCA §13-7-603), or TX, South Dakota has not adopted statewide STR preemption — municipalities may regulate or prohibit STRs under general ch. 11-4 zoning authority

Citation

Authority source
Negative finding — no enacted statewide STR preemption through 2026 session (high confidence through 2025 session, medium confidence for 2026 session pending final journal publication)
§ LRC Session Indices 2023-2026 + SD Municipal League legislative bulletins
https://sdlegislature.gov/Session

Research notes

Monitored municipalities with active STR ordinances of varying stringency: Deadwood, Rapid City, Spearfish, Custer, Hill City, Sioux Falls. State-level tourism tax / sales tax applies to STRs (SDCL title 10) but tax collection is not zoning preemption. Recommend re-verification before relying on this for any post-2026-session analysis.