In any and all actions to determine adverse claims to real or personal property, or involving the possession of real or personal property, or to foreclose mortgages or other liens upon real or personal property, or to partition the same, the State of South Dakota may be sued and made defendant in the courts of this state.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 21-32-8

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1919, ch 156, § 1; SL 1923, ch 141; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.0403.