Code Enforcement is more challenging today than ever before. For the professionals who face these challenges on a daily basis, the South Dakota Association of Code Enforcement (SoDace) provides tools to help meet those challenges.

Purpose

The purpose of SoDACE is for promoting professionalism and to study an advance the science and practice of Code Enforcement through training leading to certification and through the exchange of ideas, information and technology. This is accomplished through meetings, conferences, training sessions, newsletters and this website.

Focus

SoDACE members are dedicated professionals who share the common goals of preventing neighborhood deterioration, promoting sanitation, enhancing safety and preserving property values through knowledge and application of housing, zoning and nuisance codes and standards. Our activities are designed to serve individuals who enforce property maintenance, zoning and nuisance codes and ordinances. Building code inspectors, police officers and support staff who also enforce or are involved in the enforcement of property maintentance and zoning codes are also invited and encouraged to join SoDACE in addition to any other professional organizations in which they hold membership.