<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 15-16-42 - Judgment ceases to be lien upon discharge. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2043963Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2043963SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2043963CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2043963Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2043963DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2043963000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2043963SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2043963SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2043963Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-16-42"><span class="s2043963SENU">15-16-42</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2043963SENU">. </span><span class="s2043963CL">Judgment ceases to be lien upon discharge.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2043963Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2043963DefaultParagraphFont">Upon the discharge of a judgment by the clerk pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-16-39"><span class="s2043963DefaultParagraphFont">15-16-39</span></a><span class="s2043963DefaultParagraphFont">, a judgment shall cease to be a lien on any real property that the person discharged in bankruptcy owns or later acquires.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2043963Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2043963000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2043963Normal"><span class="s2043963SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2043963SCL-000002"> SL 2012, ch 110, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html>