If settlement is not effected within the time allowed by § 40-33-11, either party, if aggrieved by any condition of the bond, may, upon first obtaining the approval of the secretary of agriculture and natural resources, commence and maintain an action against the principal and sureties on the bond of the party complained of as in any civil action, provided, no action against the bondsmen of a dealer at wholesale shall in any instance be maintained without the written approval of the secretary, which shall be attached to and made a part of the original complaint in the action. Upon commencing the action a copy thereof shall be filed in the office of the secretary.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 40-33-12

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1955, ch 5, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 4.2405; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 14, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.