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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 21 JUDICIAL REMEDIES
Chapter 18. Garnishment Of Debts And Property
§21-18-20 Demand by garnishee for complaint in principal action--Dismissal on failure to serve.
SD Codified L § 21-18-20 (through 2011) What's This?
21-18-20. Demand by garnishee for complaint in principal action--Dismissal on failure to serve. If the plaintiff shall not within ten days after demand serve upon the garnishee or his attorney, except in case of garnishment upon execution, a copy of the complaint showing the amount of the indebtedness of the defendant in the action to the plaintiff, the proceedings against the garnishee shall be dismissed on motion of the garnishee with costs, unless the court or a judge shall in its discretion and upon terms permit the same to stand.
Source: SL 1909, ch 156, § 7; RC 1919, § 2459; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.2806.
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