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S.D. Codified Laws § 43-45-2

Property absolutely exempt

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Hogg v. Farmers Home Administration (In Re Hogg) (1987)

Most recently applied in In Re Davis (January 1999)

Source: CCivP 1877, § 323; CL 1887, § 5127; SL 1890, ch 86, § 1; RCCivP 1903, § 345; RC 1919, § 2658; SDC 1939, § 51.1802; SL 1993, ch 329; SL 2013, ch 224, § 1; SL 2014, ch 211…

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The property mentioned in this section is absolutely exempt from all such process, levy, or sale, except as otherwise provided by law:

(1) All family pictures;

(2) A pew or other sitting in any house of worship;

(3) A lot or lots in any burial ground;

(4) The family Bible and all schoolbooks used by the family, and all other books used as a part of the family library, not exceeding in value two hundred dollars;

(5) All wearing apparel and clothing of the debtor and his family;

(6) The provisions for the debtor and his family necessary for one year's supply, either provided or growing, or both, and fuel necessary for one year;

(7) All property in this state of the judgment debtor if the judgment is in favor of any state for failure to pay that state's income tax on benefits received from a pension or other retirement plan while the judgment debtor was a resident of this state;

(8) Any health aids professionally prescribed to the debtor or to a dependant of the debtor;

(9) Any court ordered domestic support award of alimony, maintenance, or support of the debtor which is not a gross or lump sum and does not exceed seven hundred fifty dollars per month.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.