2011 South Dakota Code
Title 43 PROPERTY
Chapter 45. Personal Property Exempt From Process
§43-45-2 Property absolutely exempt--Books and pictures--Seat in house of worship--Wearing apparel--Necessary provisions and fuel for one year.

43-45-2. Property absolutely exempt--Books and pictures--Seat in house of worship--Wearing apparel--Necessary provisions and fuel for one year. The property mentioned in this section is absolutely exempt from all such process, levy, or sale, except as otherwise provided by law:

(1) All family pictures;

(2) A pew or other sitting in any house of worship;

(3) A lot or lots in any burial ground;

(4) The family Bible and all schoolbooks used by the family, and all other books used as a part of the family library, not exceeding in value two hundred dollars;

(5) All wearing apparel and clothing of the debtor and his family;

(6) The provisions for the debtor and his family necessary for one year's supply, either provided or growing, or both, and fuel necessary for one year;

(7) All property in this state of the judgment debtor if the judgment is in favor of any state for failure to pay that state's income tax on benefits received from a pension or other retirement plan while the judgment debtor was a resident of this state.

Source: CCivP 1877, § 323; CL 1887, § 5127; SL 1890, ch 86, § 1; RCCivP 1903, § 345; RC 1919, § 2658; SDC 1939, § 51.1802; SL 1993, ch 329.