# S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-3: Plaintiff's affidavit for garnishment--Contents

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## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-3
- **Heading:** Plaintiff's affidavit for garnishment--Contents
- **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SD Code / Title 21 / Chapter 18 / Section 21-18-3

## Text

In any action where garnishment is permitted, the plaintiff, or some person on the plaintiff's behalf, may make an affidavit stating that the plaintiff believes that a named person is indebted to, or has property, real or personal, in the person's possession or under the person's control belonging to the defendant, or either or any of the defendants in the action, naming him, and that such defendant has no property in this state other than property subject to garnishment under this chapter sufficient to satisfy the plaintiff's demand, and that the indebtedness or property mentioned in such affidavit is, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person making such affidavit, not by law exempt, and the amount of the claim sued upon.

Source: SDC 1939, § 37.2802; SL 1939, ch 144; SL 1990, ch 157, § 2; SL 2016, ch 116, § 2.

## Nearby sections

- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-1 Actions or small claims proceedings in which garnishment available--Persons and agencies subject to garnishment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-2 Plaintiff and defendant defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-2.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-2.1 Earnings subject to garnishment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-2.1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-3 Plaintiff's affidavit for garnishment--Contents](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-3.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-3.1 Garnishment prohibited before judgment](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-3.1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-4 Affidavit covering more than one garnishee--Joint and several proceedings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-4.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-6 Garnishee summons annexed to affidavit--Form](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-6.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-7 Service of summons, affidavit, and garnishment disclosure on garnishee](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-7.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-8 Service of summons, affidavit, and garnishment disclosure when state is garnishee](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-8.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-9 Fee paid to garnishee for expense of garnishment disclosure](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-9.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-10 Service of garnishee summons and affidavit on defendant](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-10.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-11 Time and manner of service of summons, affidavit, and garnishment disclosure--Return--Payment or retention of property by garnishee](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-11.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-12 Liability of garnishee to plaintiff after service of summons](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-12.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-18-13 Property held under void title included in garnishee's liability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C18_S21-18-13.md)

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