“RETAIL ON-SALE LIQUOR” LICENSE for MEADE COUNTY, SD -SELLING AT ABSOLUTE AUCTION – ONLINE AUCTION
Monday, June 2, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
ABSOLUTE ONLINE AUCTION
ONLINE AUCTION
ABSOLUTE ONLINE AUCTION
LICENSE CURRENTLY HELD BY:
LYNN M. DERBY
MICHAEL P. DERBY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
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License Number: RL-6199
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Get ready for the 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2025!
https://www.sturgis-sd.gov/rally-events-department
Meade County “RETAIL ON-SALE LIQUOR” License
Absolute online auction – SELLS TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER
JUNE 2nd 2025 @ 6:00PM MT
This is a rare opportunity because of the limited quantity available.
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CALL for MORE INFORMATION:
KEVIN MCPHERSON 605-484-1781
or
TODD MCPHERSON 605-381-1594
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BE SURE TO CHECK BACK HERE FOR TERMS OF THIS AUCTION
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IMPORTANT REGULATORY INFORMATION FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THIS LICENSE:
Description: Retail On-Sale Liquor RL-6199, Meade County. The license is not currently active and expires 12/31/25. To activate it, refer to 35-2-5.3 below. For questions please call Senior Revenue Agent Lara Cunningham, South Dakota Department of Revenue, 605-668-2939.
35-2-5.3. Local licensing authority–Denying reissuance of on-sale license not actively used.
The governing body of a municipality or county may deny reissuance of any on-sale license issued pursuant to subdivision 35-4-2(4), (6), or (13) to the same licensee or the licensee’s transferee if the license has not been actively used by the applicant during the two years preceding the date of the current application. For purposes of this section, the term “actively used” means:
(1) The licensed premises was open to the public during regular business hours for the sale and consumption of distilled spirits for at least sixty days during the two preceding years; or
(2) The licensed premises is open five days per year and open to the public during a special event that has at least twenty-five thousand visitors.
The number of licenses held by a municipality pursuant to chapter 35-3 may not be less than the total number of licenses available to be issued as of July 1, 2010.
License RL-6199 is a Meade County liquor license only and does not include the City of Sturgis or any other municipalities in Meade County.
Following is a timeline that allows the buyer to get Meade County Commissioners approval in time to get ready for the 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 2025. For questions please call Meade County Auditor Rhea Crane, 605-347-3818
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Timeline: Absolute Online Auction June 2, 2025, 6:00 pm.
- June 4, 2025, Completed applications with a suitable location to Meade County Auditor’s office.
- June 10, 2025, Meade County Commissioners set a hearing date and advertises the application for 2 weeks.
- July 8, 2025, Meade County Commissioner Hearing
- August 1-10, 2025, 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
