<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 15-26A-26 - Appellate procedure--Money judgment--Conditions of bond on appeal. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2044211Normal { 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.s2044211SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044211CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2044211Normal-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.s2044211DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044211DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044211000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044211SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2044211SCL-000003 { 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="s2044211Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-26A-26"><span class="s2044211SENU">15-26A-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044211SENU">. </span><span class="s2044211CL">Appellate procedure--Money judgment--Conditions of bond on appeal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044211Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044211DefaultParagraphFont">If the appeal is from a judgment directing the payment of money, the conditions of the bond required by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-26A-25"><span class="s2044211DefaultParagraphFont">15-26A-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044211DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be the payment of the judgment or that part of the judgment which is affirmed together with interest thereon from the date of the judgment. The amount of the bond required collectively of all appellants may not exceed twenty</span><span class="s2044211DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2044211DefaultParagraphFont">five million dollars regardless of the amount of judgment. If the appellee proves by a preponderance of the evidence that an appellant whose bond has been so limited has been dissipating assets outside the ordinary course of business to avoid payment of a judgment, the court may require the appellant to execute a bond in an amount up to the full amount of judgment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044211Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044211000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2044211Normal"><span class="s2044211SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2044211SCL-000003"> Supreme Court Rule 79-1, Rule 8 (1) (a); SDCL Supp, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-26A-15"><span class="s2044211SCL-000003">15-26A-15</span></a><span class="s2044211SCL-000003">; SL 2004, ch 314 (Supreme Court Rule 03-13), eff. Jan. 1, 2004.</span></p></div></body></html>