State as defendant in actions involving property

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SD Code › Title 21 › Chapter 32 › Section 21-32-8

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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.

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

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