Upon the filing with the clerk of courts of the county in which such claim arose of a petition in form of a complaint duly verified, setting forth, among other things that the petitioner has a just and meritorious claim against the State of South Dakota for the payment of which no appropriation exists, the clerk of courts, upon payment of his fees, shall certify under his seal to the presiding circuit judge of the circuit in which such county lies the said petition whereupon the said presiding circuit judge shall appoint a circuit judge who shall act as such commissioner of claims as provided in this chapter. If the claim arose, or was otherwise reduced to judgment, in a jurisdiction outside of South Dakota, the petition shall be filed with the clerk of courts of the county where the petitioner resides or, if the petitioner does not reside in South Dakota, with the clerk of courts of Hughes County.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 21-32-3

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper, and also the word "seal" written or printed on such paper. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1947, ch 156, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 33.4302; SL 1978, ch 157, § 2; SL 1992, ch 167.

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