There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2011 South Dakota Code
Title 21 JUDICIAL REMEDIES
Chapter 15. Claim And Delivery Of Personal Property
§21-15-13 Justification by defendant's sureties and delivery of property--Responsibility of sheriff--Delivery to plaintiff on failure to justify.
SD Codified L § 21-15-13 (through 2011) What's This?
21-15-13. Justification by defendant's sureties and delivery of property--Responsibility of sheriff--Delivery to plaintiff on failure to justify. The defendant's sureties, upon a notice to the plaintiff of not less than two nor more than six days, shall justify in the same manner as upon bail on arrest; upon such justification the sheriff shall deliver the property to the defendant. The sheriff shall be responsible for the sufficiency of the defendant's sureties until they justify, or until justification is completed or expressly waived, and may retain the property until that time; but if they, or others in their place, fail to justify at the time and place appointed, he shall deliver the property to the plaintiff.
Source: CCivP 1877, § 182; CL 1887, § 4978; RCCivP 1903, § 190; RC 1919, § 2417; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.3807.
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