Applications for adjustments, compromises, abatements, or refunds shall be subscribed and sworn to by the applicant; shall describe the tax and property involved; shall set out one or more of the grounds for abatement or refund specified in §§ 10-18-1 and 10-18-2 and relied on by the applicant, and shall ask the board of county commissioners to grant the relief required or permitted by law in such cases.
SDCL 10-18-4