2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 27B - Developmentally Disabled Persons
Chapter 03 - State Institutions For Developmentally Disabled Persons
§ 27B-3-33 Civil action for charges payable--Lien on property--Claim against decedent's estates.

27B-3-33. Civil action for charges payable--Lien on property--Claim against decedent's estates. If any person in the facility refuses or fails to make such payments, the charges may be collected by a civil action brought in the name of the State of South Dakota. The state may commence an action against the person for payments due, and any judgment obtained shall be a lien upon the real property of the person and shall be collected as other judgments. Any claim arising under § 27B-3-27 has the same force and effect against the real and personal property of a deceased person as other debts of a decedent and shall be ascertained and recovered in the same manner.

Source: SL 2000, ch 131, § 35.

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