Action on any claim on contract or tort against the state shall be commenced within one year after same has arisen.
S.D. Codified Laws § 21-32-2
Limitation of actions on claims against the state
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Arcon Construction Co. v. South Dakota Cement Plant (1984)
Most recently applied in Lp6 v. S.D. Dept of Tourism (June 2020)
Source: SL 1947, ch 156, § 7; SDC Supp 1960, § 33.4307.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.