<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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddNormal { text-align: center; 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.s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddHG4 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddHG4C { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/21-16"><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="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddHG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddNormal"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddHG4C">FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddNormal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fdd000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Grounds for maintenance of action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Jurisdiction of courts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Joinder of actions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Survival of cause despite death of plaintiff.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Verified Complaint--Service with Summons--Procedure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-6.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-6.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Service by publication--Exemption.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Time for appearance by defendant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Time action brought on for trial--Special venire in jury cases.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Certification to circuit court of title and boundary questions raised in magistrate court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Judgment for plaintiff.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Attorney fees taxed as costs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddB"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">21-16-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5ba62532982747ae84060b587ae15fddDefaultParagraphFont">    Time of serving execution.</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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045974Normal { 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action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045974Normal-000000"><span class="s2045974DefaultParagraphFont">An action of forcible entry and detainer, or of detainer only, is maintainable:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045974Normal-000001"><span class="s2045974DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    If a party has by force, intimidation, fraud, or stealth, entered upon the prior actual possession of real property or the occupied structure of another, and detains the same;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045974Normal-000001"><span class="s2045974DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If a party, after entering peaceably upon real property or an occupied structure, turns out by force, threats, or menacing conduct, the party in possession;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045974Normal-000001"><span class="s2045974DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    If a party by force or by menaces and threats of violence unlawfully holds and keeps the possession of any real property, or occupied structure, whether the same was acquired peaceably or otherwise;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045974Normal-000001"><span class="s2045974DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    If a lessee in person or by subtenants holds over after the termination of his lease or expiration of his term, or fails to pay his rent for three days after the same shall be due;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045974Normal-000001"><span class="s2045974DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    If a party continues in possession after a sale of the real property or occupied structure under mortgage, execution, order, or any judicial process, after the expiration of the time fixed by law for redemption, and after the execution and delivery of a deed or instrument of ownership;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045974Normal-000001"><span class="s2045974DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    If a party continues in possession after a judgment in partition, or after a sale under an order or decree of a circuit court;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045974Normal-000001"><span class="s2045974DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    If a lessee commits waste upon the leased premises, or does or fails to perform any act which, under the terms of the lease operates to terminate the same.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045974Normal-000002"><span class="s2045974DefaultParagraphFont">The term, occupied structure, used in this chapter is defined in subdivision 22-1-2(28).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045974Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045974000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045974Normal"><span class="s2045974SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045974SCL-000004"> SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 37.3902; SL 1992, ch 156, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open 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Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 21-16-2 - Repealed."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 21-16-2 - Repealed."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/21-16-2"><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="sd846784c722b4f9f9ea0990b92bf6949Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-2" rel="noopener"><span class="sd846784c722b4f9f9ea0990b92bf6949SENU">21-16-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd846784c722b4f9f9ea0990b92bf6949SENU">. </span><span class="sd846784c722b4f9f9ea0990b92bf6949CL">Repealed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd846784c722b4f9f9ea0990b92bf6949Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd846784c722b4f9f9ea0990b92bf6949000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd846784c722b4f9f9ea0990b92bf6949Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd846784c722b4f9f9ea0990b92bf6949DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span class="sd846784c722b4f9f9ea0990b92bf6949SCL">JustC 1877, § 35; CL 1887, § 6074; RJustC 1903, § 45; RC 1919, § 2172; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 37.3903; SL 1986, ch 173; SL 2024, ch 75, § 1.</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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045976Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 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span.s2045976SCL-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="s2045976Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-16-3"><span class="s2045976SENU">21-16-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045976SENU">. </span><span class="s2045976CL">Jurisdiction of courts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045976Normal-000000"><span class="s2045976DefaultParagraphFont">Any circuit court or magistrate court presided over by a magistrate judge has jurisdiction in any case of forcible entry and detainer, or of detainer only, of real property or an occupied structure within its county.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045976Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045976000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045976Normal"><span class="s2045976SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045976SCL-000002"> SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 37.3901; SL 1974, ch 153, § 38; SL 1992, ch 156, § 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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045977Normal { 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.s2045977SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045977CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045977Normal-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.s2045977DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045977000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045977SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045977SCL-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="s2045977Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-16-4"><span class="s2045977SENU">21-16-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045977SENU">. </span><span class="s2045977CL">Joinder of actions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045977Normal-000000"><span class="s2045977DefaultParagraphFont">An action under the provisions of this chapter cannot be brought in connection with any other except for rents and profits or damages but the plaintiff may bring separate actions for the same if he so desire.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045977Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045977000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045977Normal"><span class="s2045977SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045977SCL-000002"> SL 1881, ch 87, § 2; CL 1887, § 6080; RJustC 1903, § 51; RC 1919, § 2178; Supreme Court Rule 596, 1939; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 37.3906.</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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" 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span.s2045978SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045978SCL-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="s2045978Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-16-5"><span class="s2045978SENU">21-16-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045978SENU">. </span><span class="s2045978CL">Survival of cause despite death of plaintiff.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045978Normal-000000"><span class="s2045978DefaultParagraphFont">The legal representative of a person who might have been plaintiff, if alive, may bring an action under this chapter after his death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045978Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045978000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045978Normal"><span class="s2045978SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045978SCL-000002"> JustC 1877, § 36; CL 1887, § 6075; RJustC 1903, § 46; RC 1919, § 2173; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 37.3904.</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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2079845Normal { 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.s2079845SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2079845CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-16-6"><span class="s2079845SENU">21-16-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079845SENU">. </span><span class="s2079845CL">Verified Complaint--Service with Summons--Procedure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079845Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079845DefaultParagraphFont">The complaint shall be in writing and verified by the plaintiff or the plaintiff's agent or signed by the plaintiff's attorney, and served with a summons. A sheriff, any person legally authorized to effect service under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-6-4(c)"><span class="s2079845DefaultParagraphFont">15-6-4(c)</span></a><span class="s2079845DefaultParagraphFont">, or constable of the county shall attempt to serve a lessee, subtenant, or party in possession with a minimum of two service attempts. Each attempt shall be at least one week apart and both attempts shall be within thirty days.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079845Statute"><span class="s2079845DefaultParagraphFont">On the second service attempt, the summons may be posted in a conspicuous place on the property and delivered to a person there residing, if such person can be found, and also sent by first class mail addressed to the tenant at the place where the property is situated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079845Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079845000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079845Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079845DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2079845SCL">JustC 1877, § 37; CL 1887, § 6076; RJustC 1903, § 47; RC 1919, § 2174; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 37.3905; SL 2020, ch 74, § 1.</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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title> <meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /> <style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.pt-Normal { 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.pt-SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.pt-CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.pt-Statute { 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.pt-DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.pt-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.pt-NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; 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.pt-DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.pt-SCL { 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="pt-Normal"> <a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-16-6"> <span class="pt-SENU">21-16-6.1</span> </a> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-SENU">. </span> <span class="pt-CL">Service by publication--Exemption.</span> </p> <p dir="ltr" class="pt-Statute"> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">On the same day as the first attempted service under § 21-16-6, the plaintiff bringing an action of forcible entry and detainer, or of detainer only, under § </span> <a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-16-1"> <span class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">21-16-1</span> </a> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont"> may cause the summons to be published in a legal newspaper printed in the county where the subject property is located or in an adjacent county in accordance with § </span> <a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=17-2-10"> <span class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">17-2-10</span> </a> <span class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">. A plaintiff who causes a summons to be published under this section must cause the publication only once.</span> </p> <p dir="ltr" class="pt-Statute"> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">Section </span> <a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-9-17"> <span class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">15-9-17</span> </a> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont"> does not apply to any publication required under this section.</span> </p> <p dir="ltr" class="pt-Normal"> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-000000"> </span> </p> <p dir="ltr" class="pt-NoIndent"> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span> <span class="pt-SCL">SL 2020, ch 74, § 2.</span> </p> </div> </body> </html><br /><hr><br /><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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4Normal { 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.sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4Statute { 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.sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; 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.sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 21-16-7 - Time for appearance by defendant."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 21-16-7 - Time for appearance by defendant."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/21-16-7"><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="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-7" rel="noopener"><span class="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4SENU">21-16-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4SENU">. </span><span class="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4CL">Time for appearance by defendant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4DefaultParagraphFont">The time for appearance and pleading shall be five days from the time of service on the defendant or thirty days after the publication of service under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=21-16-6.1" rel="noopener"><span class="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4DefaultParagraphFont">21-16-6.1</span></a><span class="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4DefaultParagraphFont">, whichever occurs sooner. No adjournment or continuance shall be made for more than fourteen days, unless the defendant applying therefor shall give an undertaking to the plaintiff with good and sufficient surety to be approved by the court, conditioned for the payment of the rent that may accrue, together with costs if judgment be rendered against the defendant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sf25b5c1f76204b6aa2f5aea3fd8f25e4SCL">JustC 1877, § 38; CL 1887, § 6077; RJustC 1903, § 48; RC 1919, § 2175; Supreme Court Rule 597, 1939; SDC 1939, § 37.3907; Court Rule adopted September 29, 1945; SL 2020, ch 74, § 3; SL 2024, ch 75, § 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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045981Normal { 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.s2045981SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045981CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045981Normal-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.s2045981DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045981000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045981SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045981SCL-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="s2045981Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-16-8"><span class="s2045981SENU">21-16-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045981SENU">. </span><span class="s2045981CL">Time action brought on for trial--Special venire in jury cases.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045981Normal-000000"><span class="s2045981DefaultParagraphFont">An action under this chapter may be brought on for trial upon two days' notice after issue is joined. If a jury trial be demanded and no jury is in attendance on the day the action is noticed for trial, the court shall cause a special venire to issue as in cases where extra jurors are required, and proceed to impanel a jury and try the action as in other civil cases.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045981Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045981000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045981Normal"><span class="s2045981SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045981SCL-000002"> SL 1907, ch 191, § 20; SL 1909, ch 176, § 7; SL 1911, ch 196, § 6; SL 1913, ch 278, § 4; RC 1919, § 2246; Supreme Court Rule 597, 1939; SDC 1939, § 37.3907; Court Rule Adopted September 29, 1945.</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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045982Normal { 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.s2045982SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045982CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045982Normal-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.s2045982DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045982000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045982SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045982SCL-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="s2045982Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-16-9"><span class="s2045982SENU">21-16-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045982SENU">. </span><span class="s2045982CL">Certification to circuit court of title and boundary questions raised in magistrate court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045982Normal-000000"><span class="s2045982DefaultParagraphFont">If the title to or boundary of the real property or the title to an occupied structure in any wise comes in question, in magistrate court, the case shall be certified to the circuit court as provided by rule of the Supreme Court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045982Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045982000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045982Normal"><span class="s2045982SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045982SCL-000002"> 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 37.3905; SL 1974, ch 153, § 39; SL 1992, ch 156, § 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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2079848Normal { 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.s2079848SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2079848CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2079848DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2079848000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2079848DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2079848SCL { 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="s2079848Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-16-10"><span class="s2079848SENU">21-16-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079848SENU">. </span><span class="s2079848CL">Judgment for plaintiff.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079848Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079848DefaultParagraphFont">If the finding of the court or the verdict of the jury be in favor of the plaintiff, the judgment shall be for the delivery of possession to the plaintiff, and for rents and profits or damages, including those authorized by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-3-8"><span class="s2079848DefaultParagraphFont">21-3-8</span></a><span class="s2079848DefaultParagraphFont">, where the same are claimed in the complaint, and for costs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079848Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079848000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2079848Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2079848DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2079848SCL">SL 1881, ch 87, § 1; CL 1887, § 6078; RJustC 1903, § 49; RC 1919, § 2176; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 37.3908; SL 2020, ch 74, § 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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045984Normal { 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.s2045984SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045984CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045984Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; 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CL 1887, § 6079; RJustC 1903, § 50; RC 1919, § 2177; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 37.3909; SL 2000, ch 95, § 1.</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 21-16 - FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045985Normal { 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.s2045985SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045985CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045985Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; 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CL 1887, § 6080; RJustC 1903, § 51; RC 1919, § 2178; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 37.3908.</span></p></div></body></html>