21-15-11.1. Qualifications of bail.
The qualifications of bail are as follows:
(1)Each of them shall be a resident and freeholder within the State of South Dakota;
(2)They shall each be worth double the amount of the undertaking, exclusive of property exempt from execution; but the court may allow more than one surety to justify severally in amounts less than that of the undertaking, if the whole justification is equivalent to that of two sufficient sureties.
Source: SL 1984, ch 159, ยง7.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 15 - Claim And Delivery Of Personal Property
Section 21-15-2 - Contents of plaintiff's affidavit.
Section 21-15-4 - Undertaking required of plaintiff--Contents--Waiver.
Section 21-15-5 - Cash in lieu of undertaking deposited with clerk or judge--Terms of deposit.
Section 21-15-6 - Seizure of property by sheriff--Safekeeping and delivery.
Section 21-15-7 - Seizure of property kept in building.
Section 21-15-8 - Papers served on defendant when property seized.
Section 21-15-10.1 - Notice of justification--Additional surety--Time and place of hearing.
Section 21-15-10.2 - Appearance and examination of sureties.
Section 21-15-10.3 - Allowance by judge--Effect.
Section 21-15-10.4 - Costs of justification.
Section 21-15-11 - Qualifications and justification of plaintiff's sureties.
Section 21-15-11.1 - Qualifications of bail.
Section 21-15-12 - Defendant's undertaking or deposit to retain possession--Terms.
Section 21-15-14 - Delivery of property to plaintiff if return not required by defendant.