If a person has knowledge or reason to believe that the person’s structure, conveyance, or place is occupied or used for the manufacture, sale, bartering, giving away, keeping, consuming, or using of alcoholic beverages, contrary to the provisions of the laws of the state, and if the person allows the structure, conveyance, or place to be so occupied or used, the structure, conveyance, or place is subject to a lien for and may be sold to pay all fines and costs assessed against the person guilty of such nuisance for such violation. Any such lien may be enforced by action in any court having jurisdiction.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 35-10-18

  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1939, ch 15, § 1; SL 1943, ch 13; SDC Supp 1960, § 5.0114-2; SL 1971, ch 211, § 117; SL 2008, ch 37, § 202.

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