South Dakota Statutes

§ 21-36-15 — Circuit court not to settle estate unless state has intervened.

South Dakota § 21-36-15
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 21JUDICIAL REMEDIES
Ch. 21-34ACTIONS FOR ESCHEAT OF PROPERTY

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S.D. Codified Laws § 21-36-15 (2026).

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The circuit court shall make no order in any manner disposing of or distributing the property belonging to an estate, except for the purpose of paying claims of creditors, unless the attorney general has instituted, or intervened in such probate proceedings, in which case settlement of the estate shall be completed, subject to the right of appeal by any interested party including the state.

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Legislative History

SL 1909, ch 104, § 5; RC 1919, § 3053; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.4204; SL 1995, ch 167, § 95.

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