Every judgment that contains a direction for the sale of any specific real property may also direct the delivery of the possession of such property to the purchaser; and the officer receiving the execution or order of sale may enforce such judgment by putting the purchaser in possession of the premises, in like manner and with like authority as if special execution had been directed to him for that purpose.
S.D. Codified Laws § 15-16-2
Delivery of possession to purchaser in judgment for sale of real property
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Todd v. Winkelman (1982)
Most recently applied in Lovald v. Claussen (In Re Claussen) (March 2007)
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.1710.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.