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2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 15 - CIVIL PROCEDURE
Chapter 06 - Rules Of Procedure In Circuit Courts
§ 15-6-7(a) Pleadings.


SD Codified L § 15-6-7(a) (2013) What's This?

15-6-7(a). Pleadings. There shall be a complaint and an answer; a reply to a counterclaim denominated as such; an answer to a cross-claim, if the answer contains a cross-claim; a third-party complaint, if a person who was not an original party is summoned under the provisions of § 15-6-14; and a third-party answer, if a third-party complaint is served. No other pleading shall be allowed, except that the court may order a reply to an answer or a third-party answer.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.0901; SD RCP, Rule 7 (a), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966.

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