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Garage door rules in Turner County, South Dakota

Turner County follows South Dakota state licensing law, and the county or its cities issue the building permit for the job. Below: the state rule, the places inside the county, and live local coverage.

Licensing in South Dakota

South Dakota has no state general/building/home-improvement contractor license board; what a garage door contractor must hold is a contractor's excise tax license from the Department of Revenue, and building codes are adopted only at local option.

Licensing authority
South Dakota Department of Revenue (contractor's excise tax license). The Department of Labor and Regulation's full list of occupational licensing boards and commissions contains Electrical, Plumbing and Technical Professions boards but no general, building or home-improvement contractor board. — official site
Source: dlr.sd.gov/boards_commissions_councils_all.aspx
State licence required?
No state contractor trade license. A contractor's excise tax license is required: "Any person entering into a contract for construction services (as defined in Division C of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual of 1987) or engaging in services that include the construction, building, installation, or repair of a fixture to real property must have a South Dakota contractor's tax license." Separate state licensing exists only for the regulated trades (electrical, plumbing).
Source: dor.sd.gov/businesses/taxes/contractors-excise-tax/
Threshold
No dollar threshold for the excise tax license. The contractor's excise tax is imposed at 2% of gross receipts on construction projects.
Source: dor.sd.gov/businesses/taxes/contractors-excise-tax/
Permit for a garage door
Local option. SDCL 11-10-5: if a local governing body adopts an ordinance prescribing construction standards for any building other than a residential structure, that ordinance must comply with the 2024 edition of the International Building Code, and the governing body may amend, modify or delete portions of it before enactment. SDCL 11-10-12 allows municipalities to enact requirements for residential structures by adopting the 2024 edition of the International Residential Code. Adoption is discretionary, so whether a garage door permit is needed depends on the city or county.
Source: sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/11-10.html?all=true
Verified against the official source on 2026-08-19.

County-level permits

Permit fees and inspection steps are set locally and we do not publish a number we have not verified. Confirm with the Turner County building or development services department before scheduling work.
Find the department
County FIPS
46125 (US Census)

Companies in Turner County

All 3 ›

AM GARAGE DOORS, LLC

46043 302ND ST. · Centerville, SD 57014
6055535585Website ›Midland Garage Door

MARION LUMBER

407 NORTH PARK · Marion, SD 57043
6056483411Website ›Midland Garage Door

605 BUILDING & SUPPLY

525 N. MAIN · Parker, SD 57053
6052975231Website ›Midland Garage Door

Places in Turner County

ParkerCentervilleMarionViborgHurleyChancellorMonroeDavisDoltonCameron Colony