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2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 15 - CIVIL PROCEDURE
Chapter 39 - Small Claims Procedure
§ 15-39-54 Time of hearing on claim.


SD Codified L § 15-39-54 (2013) What's This?

15-39-54. Time of hearing on claim. The clerk shall fix the time set for the hearing or answer which shall not be less than five days from the beginning of the action. The time fixed should be sufficient to enable registered or certified mail, return receipt, by regular course to reach defendant and to enable defendant to appear or answer before the time fixed for the hearing or answer.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.4109; SDCL, § 15-39-12; Supreme Court Rule 81-4.

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