<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 21-41-7 - Filing of complaint and summons--Form for summons. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2046511Normal { 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.s2046511SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046511CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046511Normal-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.s2046511DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2046511Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2046511SL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046511000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046511SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2046511SCL-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="s2046511Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=21-41-7"><span class="s2046511SENU">21-41-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046511SENU">. </span><span class="s2046511CL">Filing of complaint and summons--Form for summons.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046511Normal-000000"><span class="s2046511DefaultParagraphFont">The action shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint in the office of the clerk of courts of the county in which the real estate or some part thereof is situated, and the issuance of a summons, which, after the title of the action, shall be substantially in the following form: The State of South Dakota, to the Above Named Defendants:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046511Normal-000001"><span class="s2046511SL">You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint of the plaintiff, which was filed in the office of the clerk of this court, at ________ in ________ county, South Dakota, on the ________ day of ________, 20__, and which prays for a judgment quieting the title to and the determination of all adverse claims against the premises described in the complaint, (or which prays for a judgment determining all interests in and liens against the premises described in the complaint as the case may be), situate in said county, to wit: ________, and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint on the undersigned at their office in ________, within thirty days after the completed service of this summons upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer said complaint within that time, the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046511Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046511SL">    _____________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046511Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046511SL">    Attorneys for Plaintiff. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046511Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046511000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2046511Normal"><span class="s2046511SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2046511SCL-000003"> SL 1903, ch 194, § 5; SL 1905, ch 81; RC 1919, § 2850; Supreme Court Rule 582, 1939; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 37.1511.</span></p></div></body></html>