<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 43-45-2 - Property absolutely exempt. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065791Normal { 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.s2065791SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065791CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065791Normal-000000 { 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.s2065791DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065791Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2065791000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065791SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065791SCL-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="s2065791Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-45-2"><span class="s2065791SENU">43-45-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065791SENU">. </span><span class="s2065791CL">Property absolutely exempt.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065791Normal-000000"><span class="s2065791DefaultParagraphFont">The property mentioned in this section is absolutely exempt from all such process, levy, or sale, except as otherwise provided by law:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065791Normal-000001"><span class="s2065791DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    All family pictures;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065791Normal-000001"><span class="s2065791DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A pew or other sitting in any house of worship;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065791Normal-000001"><span class="s2065791DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    A lot or lots in any burial ground;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065791Normal-000001"><span class="s2065791DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    The family Bible and all schoolbooks used by the family, and all other books used as a part of the family library, not exceeding in value two hundred dollars;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065791Normal-000001"><span class="s2065791DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    All wearing apparel and clothing of the debtor and his family;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065791Normal-000001"><span class="s2065791DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    The provisions for the debtor and his family necessary for one year's supply, either provided or growing, or both, and fuel necessary for one year;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065791Normal-000001"><span class="s2065791DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    All property in this state of the judgment debtor if the judgment is in favor of any state for failure to pay that state's income tax on benefits received from a pension or other retirement plan while the judgment debtor was a resident of this state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065791Normal-000001"><span class="s2065791DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    Any health aids professionally prescribed to the debtor or to a dependant of the debtor;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065791Normal-000001"><span class="s2065791DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    Any court ordered domestic support award of alimony, maintenance, or support of the debtor which is not a gross or lump sum and does not exceed seven hundred fifty dollars per month.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065791Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065791000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065791Normal"><span class="s2065791SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065791SCL-000003"> CCivP 1877, § 323; CL 1887, § 5127; SL 1890, ch 86, § 1; RCCivP 1903, § 345; RC 1919, § 2658; SDC 1939, § 51.1802; SL 1993, ch 329; SL 2013, ch 224, § 1; SL 2014, ch 211, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>