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§ 15-3-3 — Limitation of actions based on entry on real estate.

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

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

Text

No entry upon real estate shall be deemed sufficient or valid as a claim unless an action be commenced thereupon within one year after the making of such entry, and within twenty years from the time when the right to make such entry descended or accrued.

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Related

Johnson v. Biegelmeier
409 N.W.2d 379 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1987)
5 case citations
Swaby v. Northern Hills Regional Railroad Authority
2009 SD 57 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2009)
2 case citations
Swaby v. NORTHERN HILLS REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTH.
2009 SD 57 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2009)

Legislative History

SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.0219.

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Repealed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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