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§ 15-3-1 — Seizin or possession within twenty years required for action to recover real property or possession.

South Dakota § 15-3-1
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 15CIVIL PROCEDURE
Ch. 15-3ADVERSE POSSESSION AND LIMITATION OF ACTIONS TO RECOVER REAL ESTATE

This text of South Dakota § 15-3-1 (Seizin or possession within twenty years required for action to recover real property or possession.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 15-3-1 (2026).

Text

No action for the recovery of real property, or for the recovery of the possession thereof, shall be maintained unless it appears that the plaintiff, his ancestor, predecessor, or grantor was seized or possessed of the premises in question within twenty years before the commencement of such action.

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Legislative History

SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.0217.

Nearby Sections

15
§ 15-1-1
Definition of terms.
§ 15-1-2
Civil and criminal remedies not merged.
§ 15-1-3
Time during which action is pending.
§ 15-1-4
Procedure for acquiring signature of judge when no judge available.
§ 15-10-1
Notice of action affecting real property filed with register of deeds--Contents of notice--Foreclosure actions governed by specific statutes.
§ 15-10-10
Expungement of notice of pendency--Costs on grant or denial of motion.
§ 15-10-11
Expungement provisions, liability unaffected by.
§ 15-10-2
Action pending from time of notice--Time allowed for service of summons.
§ 15-10-3
Constructive notice from filing of notice--Subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers bound.
§ 15-10-4
Discharge of notice of pendency of action--Contents, acknowledgment and recording.
§ 15-10-5
Repealed
§ 15-10-6
Expungement of notice of pendency upon motion therefor--Showing necessary to defeat motion.
§ 15-10-7
Expungement of notice of pendency upon motion therefor--Undertaking.
§ 15-10-8
Expungement of notice of pendency--Notice of motion--Proof considered.
§ 15-10-9
Expungement of notice of pendency--Effect.
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