For forcibly ejecting or excluding a person from the possession of real property, the measure of damages is three times such a sum as would compensate for the detriment caused to him by the act complained of.
S.D. Codified Laws § 21-3-6
Treble damages for forcible exclusion from real property
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Benson v. State (2006)
Most recently applied in Benson v. State (January 2006)
Source: CivC 1877, § 1977; CL 1887, § 4610; RCivC 1903, § 2322; RC 1919, § 1994; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.1907.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.