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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 7 - COUNTIES
Chapter 18 - CORPORATE POWERS AND OBLIGATIONS OF COUNTIES
Section 7-18-1 - County as body corporate-Party in court

S.D. Codified Laws § 7-18-1

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Section 7-18-1 - County as body corporate-Party in court

Each county is a body corporate for civil and political purposes only, and as such may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court in this state.

SDCL 7-18-1

SL 1874-5, ch 27, § 28; PolC 1877, ch 21, § 13; CL 1887, § 572; RPolC 1903, § 795; RC 1919, § 5791; SL 1935, ch 79; SDC 1939, § 12.1801; SL 1985, ch 15, § 23.