Section 46-10-3.3 - Defendants numbering one hundred or more--Commencement of action--Service. - South Dakota Statutes

46-10-3.3. Defendants numbering one hundred or more--Commencement of action--Service. An action for general adjudication is commenced by the filing of a complaint in circuit court in any case in which the named defendants number one hundred or more. In such a case personal service of a summons and complaint shall not be required but may be made. If personal service is not made, the court shall order service to be made by the plaintiff on named defendants by mailing a court approved notice of the action by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the court shall order the plaintiff to obtain service on all unnamed defendants by publication of said notice for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in each of the counties within which interest in rights to use of the water and water rights may be affected by the adjudication. If there is no newspaper in one or more of said counties, then publication for such counties shall be in one or more newspapers published in the state, and of general circulation within such counties. If publication is in a daily newspaper, one insertion a week shall be sufficient.

Source: SL 1980, ch 305, § 8; SL 1987, ch 29, § 31.