<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 46-10-3 - Parties to action for general adjudication. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2066893Normal { 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.s2066893SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066893CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2066893Normal-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.s2066893DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066893000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066893SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066893SCL-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="s2066893Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=46-10-3"><span class="s2066893SENU">46-10-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066893SENU">. </span><span class="s2066893CL">Parties to action for general adjudication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066893Normal-000000"><span class="s2066893DefaultParagraphFont">In any action for the general adjudication of the rights to use water and water rights on any river system and all other sources all those whose claims to the use of such waters or claims of water rights are of record, and all other claimants so far as they can be ascertained with reasonable diligence, shall be made parties.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066893Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066893000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066893Normal"><span class="s2066893SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066893SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 61.0119; SL 1955, ch 430, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.0154; SL 1980, ch 305, § 6.</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 46-10-3 - Parties to action for general adjudication. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2066894Normal { 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.s2066894SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066894CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2066894Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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} p.s2066895Normal { 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.s2066895SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066895CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2066895Normal-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.s2066895DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066895000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066895SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066895SCL-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="s2066895Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=46-10-3.2"><span class="s2066895SENU">46-10-3.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066895SENU">. </span><span class="s2066895CL">Commencement of action for general adjudication--Service.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066895Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066895DefaultParagraphFont">Except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=46-10-3.3"><span class="s2066895DefaultParagraphFont">46-10-3.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066895DefaultParagraphFont"> for actions in which the named defendants number one hundred or more, an action for general adjudication shall be commenced and service shall be made as in other civil cases.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066895Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066895000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066895Normal"><span class="s2066895SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066895SCL-000002"> SL 1980, ch 305, § 8.</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 46-10-3 - Parties to action for general adjudication. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2066896Normal { 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.s2066896SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066896CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2066896Normal-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.s2066896DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066896000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066896SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066896SCL-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="s2066896Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=46-10-3.3"><span class="s2066896SENU">46-10-3.3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066896SENU">. </span><span class="s2066896CL">Defendants numbering one hundred or more--Commencement of action--Service.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066896Normal-000000"><span class="s2066896DefaultParagraphFont">An action for general adjudication is commenced by the filing of a complaint in circuit court in any case in which the named defendants number one hundred or more. In such a case personal service of a summons and complaint is not required but may be made. If personal service is not made, the court shall order service to be made by the plaintiff on named defendants by mailing a court approved notice of the action by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. The court shall order the plaintiff to obtain service on all unnamed defendants by publication of the notice for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in each of the counties within which interest in rights to use of the water and water rights may be affected by the adjudication. If there is no newspaper in one or more of the counties, then publication for the counties shall be in one or more newspapers published in the state, and of general circulation within the counties. If publication is in a daily newspaper, one insertion a week is sufficient.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066896Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066896000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066896Normal"><span class="s2066896SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066896SCL-000002"> SL 1980, ch 305, § 8; SL 1987, ch 29, § 31; SL 2011, ch 165, § 284.</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 46-10-3 - Parties to action for general adjudication. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2066897Normal { 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.s2066897SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066897CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2066897Normal-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.s2066897DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066897000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066897SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2066897SCL-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="s2066897Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=46-10-3.4"><span class="s2066897SENU">46-10-3.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066897SENU">. </span><span class="s2066897CL">Captioning complaint for general adjudication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066897Normal-000000"><span class="s2066897DefaultParagraphFont">The complaint for such general adjudication shall be captioned: In re the general adjudication of all rights to use water and water rights in the (to be specified) river system and all other sources, State of South Dakota.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066897Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066897000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2066897Normal"><span class="s2066897SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2066897SCL-000002"> SL 1980, ch 305, § 10.</span></p></div></body></html>