Section 21-18-3 - Plaintiff's affidavit for garnishment--Time of filing--Contents. - South Dakota Statutes

21-18-3. Plaintiff's affidavit for garnishment--Time of filing--Contents. In any action where garnishment is permitted, the plaintiff, or some person on his behalf, may make an affidavit stating that he verily believes that some person, naming him, is indebted to, or has property, real or personal, in his possession or under his control belonging to the defendant, or either or any of the defendants in the action, naming him, and that such defendant has not property in this state other than property subject to garnishment under this chapter sufficient to satisfy the plaintiff's demand, and that the indebtedness or property mentioned in such affidavit is, to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person making such affidavit, not by law exempt, and the amount of the claim sued upon.

Source: SDC 1939, § 37.2802; SL 1939, ch 144; SL 1990, ch 157, § 2.