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7-22-1. Verified statement or invoice required before claim allowed against county--Contents of statement--Jurors' and witnesses' claims exempt. Before any account, claim, or demand against any county for any obligation, property, or services for which such county is liable may be allowed, the person having such account, claim, or demand, either by himself or agent, shall:
(1) Reduce the same to writing, and shall verify the same to the effect that such account is just and true, that the money therein charged was actually paid for the purposes therein stated; that the property therein charged for was actually delivered or used for the purposes therein stated, and was of the value therein charged; and that the services therein charged were actually rendered and of the value as charged, or in case such services were official, for which fees are prescribed by law, that the fees and amounts charged therefore are such as are allowed by law; and that no part of such account, claim, or demand has been paid; or
(2) Present an invoice or verification which shall be attached to a county voucher, the latter being signed or verified by the county official who purchased the property or had the services rendered to the effect that such account is just and true; that the money therein charged was actually paid for the purposes therein stated; that the property therein charged for was actually delivered or used for the purposes therein stated, and was of the value therein charged; and that the services therein charged for were actually rendered and of the value as charged, or in case such services were official, for which fees are prescribed by law, that the fees and amounts charged therefore are such as are allowed by law; and that no part of such account, claim or demand has been paid.
The provisions of this section do not apply to any claim or demand for the per diem of jurors or witnesses fixed by law.

Source: SL 1883, ch 112, § 87; CL 1887, § 800; SL 1893, ch 56, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 861; SL 1911, ch 109; SL 1913, ch 151; RC 1919, § 5897; SDC 1939, § 12.1803; SL 1985, ch 55.