2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 15 - CIVIL PROCEDURE
Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials
§ 15-14-28 Receipt and reading of verdict when five-sixths vote sufficient--Inquiry--Dissenting votes.
15-14-28. Receipt and reading of verdict when five-sixths vote sufficient--Inquiry--Dissenting votes. In the actions provided for in § 15-14-27, when the jury has agreed upon their verdict, they shall be conducted into court, their names shall be called by the clerk and the verdict shall be rendered by their foreman. The verdict shall be in writing signed by the foreman and shall be read by the clerk to the jury and the inquiry made whether it is their verdict. If two or more of the jury disagree, they shall be sent out again. If five of the jury agree to the verdict, it shall be the verdict of the jury and so recorded.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.1335; SL 1997, ch 112, § 2.
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