Title 21, JUDICIAL REMEDIES

In any case when it fairly appears upon application to the court that it is not practicable or feasible to make service of any notice or paper on any creditor or debtor in the manner provided in this chapter, the court may make an order directing that some other manner or method …

Except as provided in §§ 21-19-8 and 21-19-17 the officer must retain in his possession all money and property levied upon for at least fifteen days after notice to the debtor of the levy. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.4910.

As to perishable property either the creditor, the debtor, or the officer may make application to the court for an order for the immediate sale thereof, the procedure on such sale to be as directed by the court. If such sale of perishable property is made, the proceeds thereof mu…

Whenever a debtor upon whose property a levy has been made desires to claim as exempt any of such property, he may do so at any time after the levy and within five days after notice of such levy; or within eight days after actual mailing of such notice when the service is by regi…

When garnishment or levy under any judicial process has been used to reach earnings of a party to any action or proceeding to secure or satisfy any claim, and such earnings have been duly determined to be exempt, further earnings of such party shall not, for a period of six month…

Any attorney or agent who as such has caused garnishment or levy under judicial process to be made upon the earnings of any person, and such earnings have been duly determined to be exempt, and who within six months thereafter, as such attorney or agent, whether in behalf of the …

Under the provisions of this chapter only one penalty can be recovered for any one garnishment or levy. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.5003.

A receiver may be appointed by the court in which an action is pending, or by the judge thereof, on the application of the plaintiff or of any party whose right to or interest in the property, funds, or proceeds thereof is probable, and where it is shown that the property or fund…

Funds in the hands of a receiver may be invested upon interest, by order of the court, but no such order can be made except upon the consent of all the parties to the action. Source: CCivP 1877, § 224; CL 1887, § 5020; RCCivP 1903, § 232; RC 1919, § 2480; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § …

A receiver may be appointed by the court in which the action is pending, or by the judge thereof, in an action by a mortgagee for the foreclosure of his mortgage and sale of the mortgaged property, where it appears that the mortgaged property is in danger of being lost, removed, …

A receiver may be appointed by the court in which an action is pending, or by the judge thereof, in the cases where a corporation has been dissolved, or is insolvent, or is in imminent danger of insolvency, or has forfeited its corporate rights; or is unable to exercise its corpo…

A receiver may be appointed after judgment by the court in which the judgment was entered, or by the judge thereof: (1) To carry the judgment into effect; (2) To dispose of the property according to the judgment or to preserve it during the pendency of an appeal; (3) In proceedin…

A receiver may be appointed by the court in which an action is pending, or by the judge thereof, in all other cases where receivers have heretofore been appointed by the usages of courts of equity. Source: CCivP 1877, § 219, subdiv 6; CL 1887, § 5015, subdiv 6; RCCivP 1903, § 227…

If a receiver be appointed upon an ex parte application, the court, before making the order, may require from the applicant an undertaking, with sufficient sureties, in an amount to be fixed by the court, to the effect that the applicant will pay to the defendant all damages he m…

No party or person interested in an action can be appointed receiver therein, without the written consent of the parties, filed with the clerk. Source: CCivP 1877, § 221; CL 1887, § 5017; RCCivP 1903, § 229; RC 1919, § 2477; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.2603.

Before entering upon his duties the receiver must be sworn to perform them faithfully, and, with one or more sureties, approved by the court or judge, execute an undertaking to such person and in such sum as the court or judge may direct, to the effect that he will faithfully dis…

The receiver has, under the control of the court, power to bring and defend actions in his own name as receiver, to take and keep possession of the property, to receive rents, collect debts, to compound for and compromise the same, to make transfers, and generally to do such acts…

Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Beneficiary," any person beneficially interested in the trust, as defined in subdivision 55-1-24(1) or who has a direct financial interest in the trust, including a creditor or claimant with any rights or claimed rights against the trust esta…

Unless the trustee is exempted by the terms of the instrument creating the trust from furnishing a bond or unless the instrument itself provides the amount and condition of such bond, the trustee shall, upon commencement of court supervision, petition the court to fix the amount …

When the instrument creating the trust exempts the trustee from furnishing a bond or limits the amount thereof, or the court shall determine that the bond ordered to be filed is insufficient, the court may if it concludes that a bond be necessary or that a bond of a larger amount…

In case of the vacancy of the office of trustee, unless the instrument creating the trust names the successor, or allows the resigning trustee or another person to appoint its successor, the successor shall be appointed by the court upon hearing and notice as provided in this cha…

The trustor, a fiduciary, or a beneficiary of any trust under court supervision may at any time petition the court for its action as to any matter relevant to the administration of the trust, including particularly the requiring of special reports from a fiduciary, the exercise o…

Within one hundred twenty days after the expiration of each year from the commencement of court supervision over a trust, the trustee shall file a verified report showing in detail its receipts, disbursements, and acts during the year. The trustee may at its election make its ann…

When the trust estate has been disposed of or the provisions of the instrument creating the trust have been complied with, the trustee must file his final report duly verified by him and which may by reference incorporate thereinto previous reports made and which, supplementing s…

If any objection is made to any report or petition filed by a fiduciary or beneficiary, the objection shall be filed in writing and be made at or prior to the hearing on the report or petition. If the initial hearing does not resolve all objections, the court shall adjourn the he…

Notice of all hearings on all reports of the trustee and on all petitions filed shall be given as provided in this chapter. The court shall fix the time and place of the hearing. Notice of the time and place of the hearing, along with the nature of the hearing, shall be given as …

The notice provided by § 21-22-17 shall be served upon fiduciaries, beneficiaries, and attorneys of record, except as otherwise provided in chapter 55-18 . Notice shall be served personally, by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to each person at the last known post office address …

When the number of persons to be served is large and the expense of service provided by § 21-22-18 would be burdensome, the court may, if it deems advisable, order, in lieu of service as provided in § 21-22-18 , that such notice be published once each week for three successive we…

This chapter applies to all trusts if any part of the trust estate has its situs within this state or if the trustee or a beneficiary resides in this state, except as otherwise specifically provided by statute or rule of court, the intent being to exclude therefrom such trusts as…

Proof of the service of notices or other papers in the manner provided by this chapter shall be made by affidavit of the person making the same, such affidavit to be filed in the office of the clerk of courts. Source: Supreme Court Rule, Part 3, Rule 12, September, 1923; Supreme …

If all beneficiaries of the trust join in a petition or report, or signify in writing their approval thereof, the notice required by § 21-22-17 may be dispensed with and the hearing may be had at any time. Source: Supreme Court Rule adopted November 4, 1941; Supreme Court Rule ad…

At all hearings the court shall take testimony in the same manner as at hearings on other proceedings and shall examine all reports and accounts filed, regardless of whether or not objections are made thereto, and shall also consider and pass upon all acts of a fiduciary, regardl…

No order approving a report or account of the trustee in whole or in part shall be made by the court until it shall have made a detailed examination of the items and satisfied itself sufficiently to render its own judgment thereon, that the report is in all things true and comple…

If the report or account or other proceeding is of such length as to require assistance for the court, the court may in its discretion appoint a disinterested referee or employ an accountant or investigator at the expense of the trust to examine the same and report to the court t…

Upon any such examinations or hearings on reports the court, or the referee or the accountant or agent whom it may appoint, may require the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence and make such inquiry and investigations as are necessary to pass…

Any fiduciary who fails or neglects to comply with the provisions of this chapter is subject to removal by the court and is liable to any beneficiary for all damages sustained by the beneficiary resulting from such noncompliance and shall also forfeit all right to compensation as…

All decrees of any court of this state made prior to January 1, 2010, settling accounts of trustees or distributing in whole or in part trust estates are hereby legalized, cured, and validated, notwithstanding any defects, omissions, or irregularities in the form of the petition,…

The privacy of those who have established a court trust or other trust shall be protected in any court proceeding concerning the trust. Upon the filing of any petition, the instrument on which the trust is based, briefs, and the entire court file including a trust's inventory, st…

The Unified Judicial System shall provide remote online access to the court file to the attorney of record for a court trust or other trust, as indicated in the court record, through a secured online portal. Source: SL 2026, ch 247 (Supreme Court Rule 26-06), eff. July 1, 2026.

Within thirty days after entering upon his or her duties, any trustee under a court trust shall, if a resident of this state or if any of the trust estate has its situs in this state, file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county specified in § 21-22-5 an inv…

An accounting by a trustee of a court supervised trust and the final approval thereof by a court, whether or not such accounting is contested, is conclusive against all persons in any way interested in the trust, and the trustee, absent fraud, intentional misrepresentation, or ma…

A proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter is considered an action for purposes of title 15. Unless specifically provided to the contrary in this chapter or unless inconsistent with its provisions, the rules of civil procedure, including the rules concerning vacation of orders…

Notwithstanding the application of the principles of conflict of laws to the terms of a transaction involving a trust, whether a purchase of property by, or a sale of property to, a trust administered by a qualified person in South Dakota, as defined in § 55-3-41 , the laws of th…

With the papers required by § 21-22-3 the trustee shall also file, if not a resident of this state, an appointment of a resident of this state as his agent for the service of process and of all papers relative to the administration of such trust. Source: Supreme Court Rule, Part …

The papers provided in §§ 21-22-3 and 21-22-4 shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county where the trust estate or some part thereof has its situs, or if none of the trust estate has its situs in this state, in a county where a beneficiary reside…

Immediately upon the filing of the papers required by §§ 21-22-3 and 21-22-4 , supervision by the court shall be deemed to commence. Source: Supreme Court Rule 239, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.2603.