South Dakota § 21-42-15 Bond required of plaintiff to indemnify against successful defense after judgment.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 21-42-15 — Bond required of plaintiff to indemnify against successful defense after judgment.

South Dakota § 21-42-15

Title 21JUDICIAL REMEDIES

Ch. 21-42ACTIONS TO QUIET TAX TITLE

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S.D. Codified Laws § 21-42-15 (2026).

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Before the entry of judgment in such action, the plaintiff, if other than the county, must execute a bond of indemnity to the defendants in the action who shall have been served by publication, with sufficient surety to be approved by the court, in such sum as the court shall direct in its findings of fact, conditioned that if any defendant so served by publication shall be permitted to defend after judgment, as provided in § 21-42-19 , and such defense shall be successful, that the plaintiff will pay to such defendant the value of his interest in said premises, and his costs of defending the action, provided that the value of the interest of such defendant cannot exceed and must be based upon the value of the premises as found by the court in said judgment.

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Before the entry of judgment in such action, the plaintiff, if other than the county, must execute a bond of indemnity to the defendants in the action who shall have been served by publication, with sufficient surety to be approved by the court, in such sum as the court shall direct in its findings of fact, conditioned that if any defendant so served by publication shall be permitted to defend after judgment, as provided in § 21-42-19 , and such defense shall be successful, that the plaintiff will pay to such defendant the value of his interest in said premises, and his costs of defending the action, provided that the value of the interest of such defendant cannot exceed and must be based upon the value of the premises as found by the court in said judgment.