21-15-6. Seizure of property by sheriff--Safekeeping and delivery.
Upon receipt of the affidavit, endorsement, undertaking, and order authorizing delivery specified in §§21-15-2 to 21-15-4, inclusive, the sheriff shall forthwith take the property described in the affidavit, if it be in the possession of the defendant or his agent, and retain it in his custody. He shall keep it in a safe place and deliver it to the party entitled thereto upon receiving his lawful fees and necessary expenses for keeping the same.
Source: CCivP 1877, §185; CL 1887, §4981; RCCivP 1903, §193; RC 1919, §2420; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §37.3804; SL 1973, ch 145, §2.
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.