Limitation of actions based on entry on real estate

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SD Code › Title 15 › Chapter 3 › Section 15-3-3

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No entry upon real estate shall be deemed sufficient or valid as a claim unless an action be commenced thereupon within one year after the making of such entry, and within twenty years from the time when the right to make such entry descended or accrued.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.0219.

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