<HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 15-24A - CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT 15-24A CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 15-24A CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 15-24A"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 15-24A <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=15-24A-1">15-24A-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Power to answer. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=15-24A-2">15-24A-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Superseded. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=15-24A-3">15-24A-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Method of invoking. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=15-24A-4">15-24A-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Contents of certification order. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=15-24A-5">15-24A-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Preparation of certification order. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=15-24A-6">15-24A-6</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Costs of certification. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=15-24A-7">15-24A-7</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Briefs and argument. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=15-24A-8">15-24A-8</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Opinion. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=15-24A-9">15-24A-9</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Severability. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=15-24A-10">15-24A-10</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Construction. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=15-24A-11">15-24A-11</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Short title.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 15-24A - CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044141SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2044141Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-24A-1"><span class="s2044141SENU">15-24A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044141SENU">. </span><span class="s2044141CL">Power to answer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044141Normal-000000"><span class="s2044141DefaultParagraphFont">The Supreme Court may answer questions of law certified to it by the Supreme Court of the United States, a court of appeals of the United States, or a United States district court, if there are questions of law of this state involved in any proceeding before the certifying court which may be determinative of the cause pending in the certifying court and it appears to the certifying court and to the Supreme Court that there is no controlling precedent in the decisions of the Supreme Court of this state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044141Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044141000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044141Normal"><span class="s2044141SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044141SCL-000002"> SL 1984, ch 154, § 1; Supreme Court Rule 85-7, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 15-24A - CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT 15-24A-2 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 15-24A-2 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 15-24A-2"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 15-24A-2. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Superseded<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 15-24A - CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044143SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2044143Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-24A-3"><span class="s2044143SENU">15-24A-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044143SENU">. </span><span class="s2044143CL">Method of invoking.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044143Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044143DefaultParagraphFont">In the discretion of any of the courts referred to in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-24A-1"><span class="s2044143DefaultParagraphFont">15-24A-1</span></a><span class="s2044143DefaultParagraphFont">, this chapter may be invoked by an order of said court upon its own motion or upon the motion of any party to the cause.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044143Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044143000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044143Normal"><span class="s2044143SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044143SCL-000002"> Supreme Court Rule 85-7, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 15-24A - CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2044144000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044144SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044144SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2044144Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-24A-4"><span class="s2044144SENU">15-24A-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044144SENU">. </span><span class="s2044144CL">Contents of certification order.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044144Normal-000000"><span class="s2044144DefaultParagraphFont">A certification order shall set forth</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044144Normal-000001"><span class="s2044144DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The questions of law to be answered; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044144Normal-000001"><span class="s2044144DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A statement of all facts relevant to the questions certified and showing fully the nature of the controversy in which the questions arose.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044144Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044144000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044144Normal"><span class="s2044144SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044144SCL-000003"> Supreme Court Rule 85-7, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 15-24A - CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2044145Normal { 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.s2044145SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044145CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2044145Normal-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.s2044145DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044145000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044145SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044145SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2044145Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-24A-5"><span class="s2044145SENU">15-24A-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044145SENU">. </span><span class="s2044145CL">Preparation of certification order.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044145Normal-000000"><span class="s2044145DefaultParagraphFont">The certification order shall be prepared by the certifying court, signed by the judge presiding at the hearing, and forwarded to the Supreme Court by the clerk of the certifying court under its official seal. The Supreme Court may require the original or copies of all or of any portion of the record before the certifying court to be filed with the certification order, if, in the opinion of the Supreme Court, the record or portion thereof may be necessary in answering the questions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044145Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044145000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044145Normal"><span class="s2044145SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044145SCL-000002"> Supreme Court Rule 85-7, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 15-24A - CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2044146Normal { 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.s2044146SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044146CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2044146Normal-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.s2044146DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044146000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044146SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044146SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2044146Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-24A-6"><span class="s2044146SENU">15-24A-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044146SENU">. </span><span class="s2044146CL">Costs of certification.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044146Normal-000000"><span class="s2044146DefaultParagraphFont">Fees and costs shall be the same as in civil appeals docketed before the Supreme Court and shall be equally divided between the parties unless otherwise ordered by the certifying court in its order of certification.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044146Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044146000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044146Normal"><span class="s2044146SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044146SCL-000002"> Supreme Court Rule 85-7, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 15-24A - CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2044147000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044147SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044147SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2044147Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-24A-7"><span class="s2044147SENU">15-24A-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044147SENU">. </span><span class="s2044147CL">Briefs and argument.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044147Normal-000000"><span class="s2044147DefaultParagraphFont">Once the Supreme Court has agreed to consider the certified question, the moving party or such party as the Supreme Court may designate shall serve and file its brief within twenty</span><span class="s2044147DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2044147DefaultParagraphFont">five days after the filing of the order of acceptance. The other parties shall serve and file their briefs within twenty</span><span class="s2044147DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2044147DefaultParagraphFont">five days after service of the moving or designated party's brief. The moving or designated party may serve and file a reply brief within fifteen days after service of the last brief of the other parties.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044147Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044147DefaultParagraphFont">Proceedings in the Supreme Court shall be those provided in chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-26A"><span class="s2044147DefaultParagraphFont">15-26A</span></a><span class="s2044147DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044147Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044147000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044147Normal"><span class="s2044147SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044147SCL-000004"> Supreme Court Rule 85-7, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 15-24A - CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044148SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2044148Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-24A-8"><span class="s2044148SENU">15-24A-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044148SENU">. </span><span class="s2044148CL">Opinion.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044148Normal-000000"><span class="s2044148DefaultParagraphFont">The written opinion of the Supreme Court stating the law governing the questions certified shall be sent by the clerk under the seal of the Supreme Court to the certifying court and to the parties.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044148Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044148000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044148Normal"><span class="s2044148SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044148SCL-000002"> Supreme Court Rule 85-7, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 15-24A - CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044149SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2044149Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-24A-9"><span class="s2044149SENU">15-24A-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044149SENU">. </span><span class="s2044149CL">Severability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044149Normal-000000"><span class="s2044149DefaultParagraphFont">If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person, court, or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044149Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044149000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044149Normal"><span class="s2044149SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044149SCL-000002"> Supreme Court Rule 85-7, § 8.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 15-24A - CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2044150Normal { 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.s2044150SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044150CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2044150Normal-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.s2044150DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044150000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044150SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044150SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2044150Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-24A-10"><span class="s2044150SENU">15-24A-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044150SENU">. </span><span class="s2044150CL">Construction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044150Normal-000000"><span class="s2044150DefaultParagraphFont">This chapter shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044150Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044150000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044150Normal"><span class="s2044150SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044150SCL-000002"> Supreme Court Rule 85-7, § 9.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 15-24A - CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW TO SUPREME COURT </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2044151Normal { 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.s2044151SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044151CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2044151Normal-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.s2044151DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044151000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044151SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044151SCL-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="s2044151Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-24A-11"><span class="s2044151SENU">15-24A-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044151SENU">. </span><span class="s2044151CL">Short title.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044151Normal-000000"><span class="s2044151DefaultParagraphFont">This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Rule.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044151Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044151000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044151Normal"><span class="s2044151SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044151SCL-000002"> Supreme Court Rule 85-7, § 10.</span></p></div></body></html>