November 5th, 2024 is Election Day.  Below is some of the information you may need.

Voter Information Portal – allows you to look up where you are registered to vote and provides a sample ballot for you to review

Fall River County Polling Places

Beaver Precinct: Oral School
Cascade Precinct: Cascade Fire Hall
Edgemont Area Precinct: St. James Parish
Jackson Precinct: Mueller Center
Oelrichs Area Precinct: Oelrichs Community Center
All the Hot Springs wards (1, 2, 3 and 4): Mueller Center

Information on Ballot Questions

Election Day Results

More information available on the Fall River County Election page or on the SD Secretary of State website.

The Fall River County Courthouse will be closed Monday, November 11th, in observance of Veteran’s Day. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, November 12th.

A reminder that November 1st is a deadline for a number of tax relief programs including those for disabled veterans, paraplegic individuals (veteran and non-veteran), and exempt private organization such as churches and other charitable groups.

It is also the deadline to file for Agricultural Status on property. This classification can provide significant tax reduction.

Information for these programs is available on the Director of Equalization’s page.  You can also contact their office at 605-745-5136 or [email protected] with questions.

The Fall River County Courthouse will be closed Monday, October 14th, in observance of Native American Day. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, October 15th.

For the week of September 9th the assessors will be working properties south of Oelrichs. This includes properties along Antelope Ln, Hard Scrabble Rd, Harmony Rd, Horsehead Rd, Black Banks Rd, E Ardmore Rd, Dakota Line, Hill Crest, US Highway 385, Pleasant Ridge Rd, Wilcox Rd, and Shirk Creek Rd. This should be the last week of summer reassessment work. After this the assessors will be moving on to properties throughout the county with reported changes.

Why my property?  Fall River County implemented a 7-year rotation after the county-wide reassessment was completed.  This ensures that every property is physically visited by an assessor at least once every 7 years.  Your neighborhood is one of those scheduled to be visited this year.

What is reassessment?    Reassessment is when the assessor comes to your property to check for any changes, whether improvements or deterioration of buildings.  They will take new exterior photos and walk around the outside of your buildings.  If you are present they may ask you questions about the interior of the building, if you are not present they will leave a doorhanger with contact information so they can converse with you about the property later via phone or email.

When exactly will you be at my property?  We will be posting on our website which streets are being assessed each week, you can check there for updates.

Why don’t you make appointments? The short answer: it takes less time for our assessors to start at one end of the street and do each property than it does to jump from property to property based on appointments.  As we are paid by tax dollars, we consider it most important that we perform this job in a time efficient manner.   The door-to-door method has proven to be three times more efficient than making appointments.

Who is coming? Our assessors will have county identification badges and will be driving a county vehicle. If you are suspicious that someone is falsely claiming to be an assessor, please call our office at 605-745-5136 or Fall River County Dispatch at 605-745-5155.

See Summer Reassessment page for maps of Summer 2024 reassessment area.