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S.D. Codified Laws § 44-13-3

Property of married person subject to lien--Application of lien to joint tenancy

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case South Dakota Farm Bureau, Inc. v. Hazeltine (2002)

Most recently applied in South Dakota Farm Bureau, Inc. v. Hazeltine (May 2002)

Source: SL 1969, ch 29.

If any person receiving such ambulance service be a married person, the lien therein established shall also be a lien upon all the property, real and personal including joint tenancy and homestead interests, property thereafter acquired, or interest in property, of the husband or wife of such person receiving ambulance service as the case may be. Such lien shall not sever a joint tenancy nor affect the right of survivorship except that the lien shall be enforceable to the extent that the person receiving ambulance service had an interest prior to his death.

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