# S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-3: Request before action for quitclaim deed--Expense tendered--Costs and attorney fees

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-3

## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-3
- **Heading:** Request before action for quitclaim deed--Expense tendered--Costs and attorney fees
- **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SD Code / Title 21 / Chapter 41 / Section 21-41-3

## Text

A person or entity is liable for costs, disbursements, and reasonable attorney's fees if the party seeking to quiet title is successful, and at least twenty days before bringing suit, the party seeking to quiet title:

(1) Delivers to the person or entity, and requests the person or entity to execute and return, a quitclaim deed or other instrument necessary to divest the person or entity of an apparent adverse interest or right;

(2) Tenders to the person or entity one hundred dollars for costs associated with the handling and notarization of the instrument; and

(3) The person or entity refuses or neglects to comply with the request.

Source: SL 1913, ch 170; RC 1919, § 2867; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.1523; SL 2024, ch 78, § 1.

## Nearby sections

- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-1 Action authorized--Purposes of action--Persons authorized to maintain action--Parties defendant](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-2 Joinder of causes of action as to different tracts or parcels--Common interest required](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-2.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-3 Request before action for quitclaim deed--Expense tendered--Costs and attorney fees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-3.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-4 Joinder of parties plaintiff](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-4.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-5 Joinder of known claimants as defendants](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-5.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-6 Joinder of unknown claimants as defendants--Proof of want of knowledge](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-6.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-7 Filing of complaint and summons--Form for summons](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-7.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-8 Service of summons on named defendants](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-8.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-9 Service by publication on unknown defendants--Mail service not required--Effect of service by publication](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-9.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-10 Validation of prior judgments based on personal service outside state--Rights barred by no action](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-10.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-11 Contents of complaint](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-11.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-12 Lis pendens notice filed with register of deeds--Constructive notice--Destruction of records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-12.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-13 Disclaimer by defendant to avoid costs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-13.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 21-41-14 Contents of defendant's answer--Counterclaim permitted](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T21_C41_S21-41-14.md)

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