Title 15, CIVIL PROCEDURE

On the hearing reference may be had in all cases to the pleadings, orders, rulings and files of the court, and to depositions, documentary evidence, shorthand report, and transcript, if one has been made, and the court may take the testimony of witnesses as to causes enumerated i…

A motion for a new trial shall not be necessary as a prerequisite to obtain appellate review as to matters specified in subdivisions 15-6-59(a)(6) and (7), and all of such matters may be reviewed on an appeal from the judgment, regardless of whether a motion for a new trial has b…

The trial court when granting a motion for new trial shall in its order specify each and every ground upon which it bases such order; all grounds urged upon such motion and not specified in the order shall be deemed to have been overruled by the trial court. Source: SDC 1939 & Su…

15-6-6(b) Enlargement of time.

In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this chapter, by order of court, or by any applicable statute, the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall…

When by this chapter or by a notice given thereunder or by an order of court an act is required or allowed to be done at or within a specified time, the court for cause shown may at any time in its discretion: (1) With or without motion or notice order the period enlarged if requ…

15-6-6(e) Additional time after service by mail--Facsimile and electronic mail transmission service exempt.

A written motion, other than one which may be heard ex parte and notice of the hearing thereof or an order to show cause shall be served not later than ten days before the time specified for the hearing, unless a different period is fixed by this chapter or by order of the court.…

Whenever a party has the right or is required to do some act or take some proceedings within a prescribed period after the service of a notice or other paper upon him, or whenever such service is required to be made a prescribed period before a specified event, and the notice or …

15-6-60(b) Relief on ground of mistake--Inadvertence--Excusable neglect--Newly discovered evidence--Fraud. 15-6-61 Harmless Error.

Clerical mistakes in judgments, orders, or other parts of the record and errors therein arising from oversight or omission may be corrected by the court at any time of its own initiative or on the motion of any party and after such notice, if any, as the court orders. During the …

On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or his legal representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for the following reasons: (1) Mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) Newly discovered evidence which by due dilige…

No error in either the admission or the exclusion of evidence and no error or defect in any ruling or order or in anything done or omitted by the court or by any of the parties is ground for granting a new trial or for setting aside a verdict or for vacating, modifying, or otherw…

15-6-62(b) Stay of execution on motion for new trial or for judgment. 15-6-62(c) Injunction pending appeal. 15-6-62(d) Stay upon appeal. 15-6-62(e) Stay in favor of the state or agency thereof. 15-6-62(f) Power of Supreme Court not limited. 15-6-62(g) Stay of judgment as to multi…

Except as stated herein or as otherwise ordered by the court for good cause shown, or upon default judgment, no execution shall issue upon a judgment nor shall proceedings be taken for its enforcement until the expiration of thirty days after its entry. Unless otherwise ordered b…

In its discretion and on such conditions for the security of the adverse party as are proper, the court may stay the execution of or any proceedings to enforce a judgment pending the disposition of a motion for a new trial made pursuant to § 15-6-59 , or of a motion for relief fr…

Injunction pending appeal shall be as provided in chapter 15-26A . Source: SD RCP, Rule 62 (c), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966.

Stay upon appeal shall be as provided in chapter 15-26A . Source: SD RCP, Rule 62 (d), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966.

Any stay in favor of the state or agency thereof shall be as provided in chapter 15-26A . Source: SD RCP, Rule 62 (e), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966.

The provisions in § 15-6-62 do not limit any power of the Supreme Court to stay proceedings during the pendency of an appeal or to suspend, modify, restore, or grant an injunction during the pendency of an appeal or to make any order appropriate to preserve the status quo or the …

When a court has ordered a final judgment under the conditions stated in § 15-6-54(b), the court may stay enforcement of that judgment until the entering of a subsequent judgment or judgments and may prescribe such conditions as are necessary to secure the benefit thereof to the …

If by reason of death, sickness, or other disability or separation from office, a judge before whom an action has been tried is unable to perform the duties to be by him performed after a verdict is returned or findings of fact and conclusions of law are filed, then any other jud…

At the commencement of and during the course of an action, all remedies providing for seizure of person or property for the purpose of securing satisfaction of the judgment ultimately to be entered in the action are available under the circumstances and in the manner provided by …

15-6-65(b) Temporary restraining order without notice. 15-6-65(c) Undertaking required on preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order--Ascertainment of damages. 15-6-65(d) Contents of order--Parties bound. 15-6-66 Receivers.

No preliminary injunction shall be issued without notice to the adverse party. Before or after the commencement of the hearing of an application for a preliminary injunction, the court may order the trial of the action on the merits to be advanced and consolidated with the hearin…

Where no provision is made by statute, a temporary restraining order may be granted without written or oral notice to the adverse party or his attorney only if: (1) It clearly appears from specific facts shown by affidavit or by the verified complaint that immediate and irreparab…

Where no provision is made by statute for security on a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order, the court shall require a written undertaking on the part of the applicant with or without sureties in such sum as the court deems proper, to the effect that the applica…

Every order granting an injunction and every restraining order shall set forth the reasons for its issuance; shall be specific in terms; shall describe in reasonable detail, and not by reference to the complaint or other document, the act or acts sought to be restrained; and is b…

An action wherein a receiver has been appointed shall not be dismissed except by order of the court. The practice in the administration of estates by receivers or by other similar officers appointed by the court shall be in accordance with statute and the practice heretofore foll…

15-6-67(b) Deposit in court by substitution. 15-6-67(c) Deposit in court when no action is brought. 15-6-67(d) Court may order deposit or seizure of property. 15-6-67(e) Voluntary partial payment as credit against judgment. 15-6-68 Offer of Judgment. 15-6-69 Execution. 15-6-70 Ju…

In an action in which any part of the relief sought is a judgment for a sum of money or the disposition of a sum of money or the disposition of any other thing capable of delivery, a party, upon notice to every other party, and by leave of court, may deposit with the court all or…

A defendant against whom an action is pending upon a contract or for specific real or personal property may at any time before answer upon affidavit that a person not a party to the action, and without collusion with him, makes against him a demand for the same debt or property, …

Whenever any person has in his possession or control as bailee or otherwise, any personal property to which two or more persons make adverse claims, or he has notice of such claims and is unable to determine or is in doubt as to the rightful owner or who is rightfully entitled to…

When it is admitted by the pleading or examination of a party that he has in his possession or control any money or other thing capable of delivery which, being the subject of the litigation, is held by him as trustee for another party, or which belongs or is due to another party…

After entry of judgment any voluntary partial payment of a claim shall be treated as a credit against the judgment, and shall be deductible from the amount of the judgment. Source: SL 1966, ch 141 ; SDCL, § 19-2-10 ; SL 1979, ch 154 , § 4.

At any time more than ten days before the trial begins, any party may serve upon an adverse party an offer to allow judgment to be taken against the party for money or property or to the effect specified in the offer, with costs then accrued. If, within ten days after the service…

Process to enforce a judgment for the payment of money shall be a writ of execution, unless the court directs otherwise. The procedure on execution in proceedings supplementary to and in aid of a judgment, and in proceedings on and in aid of execution shall be in accordance with …

15-6-7(b) Motions and other papers. 15-6-7(c) Demurrers, pleas, and exceptions abolished.

There shall be a complaint and an answer; a reply to a counterclaim denominated as such; an answer to a cross - claim, if the answer contains a cross - claim; a third - party complaint, if a person who was not an original party is summoned under the provisions of § 15-6-14 ; and …

(1) An application to the court for an order shall be by motion which, unless made during a hearing or trial, shall be made in writing, shall state with particularity the grounds therefor, and shall set forth the relief or order sought. The requirement of writing is fulfilled if …

Demurrers, pleas, and exceptions for insufficiency of a pleading shall not be used. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.0902; SD RCP, Rule 7 (c), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966. 15-6-8 15-6-8. General rules of pleading

If a judgment directs a party to execute a conveyance of land or to deliver deeds or other documents or to perform any other specific act and the party fails to comply within the time specified, the court may direct the act to be done at the cost of the disobedient party by some …

When an order is made in favor of a person who is not a party to the action, he may enforce obedience to the order by the same process as if he were a party; and, when obedience to an order may be lawfully enforced against a person who is not a party, he is liable to the same pro…

(1) Eligible actions. This article IX governs "expedited civil actions" in which the sole relief sought is a money judgment and in which all claims (other than compulsory counterclaims) for all damages by or against any one party total $75,000 or less, including damages of any ki…

In order to facilitate the quick and efficient resolution of disputes, whenever two or more local governmental bodies are engaged in a legal dispute, on motion of any party or on its own, the court may order the parties to proceed: (1) Under the expedited civil action process set…

For the purposes of § 15-6-72.1 , the term, local government body, shall mean: (1) Any county, municipality, township, or unincorporated territory; (2) Any school district; (3) Any organization that offers a public service, organized or authorized by a county, municipality, or to…