<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 29A-3-305 - Informal probate--Clerk not satisfied. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052102Normal { 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.s2052102SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052102CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052102Normal-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.s2052102DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052102000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052102SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052102SCL-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="s2052102Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-3-305"><span class="s2052102SENU">29A-3-305</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052102SENU">. </span><span class="s2052102CL">Informal probate--Clerk not satisfied.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052102Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052102DefaultParagraphFont">The clerk of court may decline an application for informal probate if not satisfied that a will is entitled to be probated in informal proceedings because of failure to meet the requirements of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-3-303"><span class="s2052102DefaultParagraphFont">29A-3-303</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052102DefaultParagraphFont"> or for any other reason. A declination of informal probate is not an adjudication and does not preclude formal probate proceedings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052102Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052102000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052102Normal"><span class="s2052102SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052102SCL-000002"> SL 1994, ch 232, § 3-305; SL 1995, ch 167, § 106.</span></p></div></body></html>