<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 15-6-9(d) - Pleading official document or act. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2043445Normal { 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.s2043445SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2043445CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2043445Normal-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.s2043445DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2043445000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2043445SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2043445SCL-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="s2043445Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2043445SENU">15-6-9(d). </span><span class="s2043445CL">Pleading official document or act.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2043445Normal-000000"><span class="s2043445DefaultParagraphFont">In pleading an official document or official act, it is sufficient to aver that the document was issued or the act done in compliance with law; and in pleading any statute or ordinance, it is sufficient to refer to the statute by its number and the ordinance by its title or number and the date of its approval.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2043445Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2043445000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2043445Normal"><span class="s2043445SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2043445SCL-000002"> SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 33.0910; SD RCP, Rule 9 (d), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966.</span></p></div></body></html>