SDCL § 1-27-4.1: Format of written contracts--Storage with records retention officer or designee--Duration.

Any written contract entered by the state, a county, a municipality, or a political subdivision shall be retained in the contract's original format or a searchable and reproducible format. Each contract shall be stored with the records retention officer of that entity or with the designee of the records retention officer unless the contract is required by law to be retained by some other person. Each contract shall be stored during the term of the contract and for two years after the expiration of the contract term.