South Dakota Statutes
§ 9-24-5 — Limitation of action against municipality, employee, official, or volunteer for personal injury or death.
South Dakota § 9-24-5
This text of South Dakota § 9-24-5 (Limitation of action against municipality, employee, official, or volunteer for personal injury or death.) 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 § 9-24-5 (2026).
Text
Any action for recovery of damages for personal injury or death caused by the negligence of a municipality or its employees, elected and appointed officials, and volunteers authorized by the municipality at the time of the alleged negligent act shall be commenced within two years from the occurrence of the accident causing the injury or death. This section applies whether such person is classified, unclassified, licensed, certified, permanent, temporary, compensated, or not compensated.
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Related
Loesch v. City of Huron
2006 SD 93 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2006)
Hedel-Ostrowski v. City of Spearfish
2004 SD 55 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2004)
Salzer v. Barff
2010 S.D. 96 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2010)
Lucero v. Bush
737 F. Supp. 2d 992 (D. South Dakota, 2010)
Lipsky v. Cronin
(D. South Dakota, 2023)
Mahmoudi v. City of Spearfish
2025 S.D. 49 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2025)
Legislative History
SL 1907, ch 90, § 1; RC 1919, § 6339; SDC 1939, § 45.1409; SL 1961, ch 251; SL 2011, ch 44, § 1.
Nearby Sections
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§ 9-1-1
Definition of terms.§ 9-1-9
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 9-24-5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/9-24-5.