<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 21-18-1 - Actions or small claims proceedings in which garnishment available--Persons and agencies subject to garnishment. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046021Normal { 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.s2046021SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046021CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046021Normal-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.s2046021DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046021000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046021SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046021SCL-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="s2046021Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-18-1"><span class="s2046021SENU">21-18-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046021SENU">. </span><span class="s2046021CL">Actions or small claims proceedings in which garnishment available--Persons and agencies subject to garnishment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046021Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046021DefaultParagraphFont">In any action or small claims proceeding to recover damages founded upon contract, express or implied, or pursuant to judgment or decree, any creditor is entitled to proceed by garnishment in any court having jurisdiction of the subject of the action, against any person, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-7-1"><span class="s2046021DefaultParagraphFont">15-7-1</span></a><span class="s2046021DefaultParagraphFont">, including the state and any municipal or public corporation, and including any corporation organized or authorized to be organized by or under the laws of any state or of the United States, which has the power to sue or be sued who shall be indebted to or have any property, real or personal, in its possession or under its control belonging to such creditor's debtor, in the cases, upon the conditions, and in the manner prescribed in this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046021Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046021000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046021Normal"><span class="s2046021SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046021SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 37.2801; SL 1939, ch 143; SL 1990, ch 157, § 1; SL 2001, ch 107, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>