<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 15-6-58(a) - Prompt entry--Form--Effective date--Filing.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccd000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdSCL { 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><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 15-6-58(a) - Prompt entry--Form--Effective date--Filing."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 15-6-58(a) - Prompt entry--Form--Effective date--Filing."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/15-6-58(a)"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=15-6-58(a)" rel="noopener"><span class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdSENU">15-6-58(a)</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdSENU">. </span><span class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdCL">Prompt entry--Form--Effective date--Filing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdDefaultParagraphFont">Subject to the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=15-6-54(b)" rel="noopener"><span class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdDefaultParagraphFont">15-6-54(b)</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdDefaultParagraphFont">, judgment upon the jury verdict or upon the decision of the court, shall be promptly rendered. Every judgment shall be set forth on a separate document. A judgment or an order becomes complete and effective when reduced to writing, signed by the court or judge, attested by the clerk and filed in the clerk's office. The clerk, immediately after the filing of any judgment, shall docket the same as provided by law. Judgments of divorce pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=25-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdDefaultParagraphFont">25-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdDefaultParagraphFont"> and judgments of foreclosure pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-47" rel="noopener"><span class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdDefaultParagraphFont">21-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdDefaultParagraphFont"> or chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-48" rel="noopener"><span class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdDefaultParagraphFont">21-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdDefaultParagraphFont"> shall be docketed by the notation "see file." Entry of the judgment shall not be delayed for the taxing of costs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccd000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s8d862dfc269f4568901968d286abbccdSCL">SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 33.1702; SD RCP, Rule 58, as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966; SL 1990, ch 149, § 6; SL 2006, ch 330 (Supreme Court Rule 06-56), eff. July 1, 2006; SDCL § 15-6-58; SL 2025, ch 226 (Supreme Court Rule 25-07), eff. Apr. 1, 2025.</span></p></div></body></html>