3-21-2. Notice prerequisite to action for damages--Time limit.
No action for the recovery of damages for personal injury, property damage, error, or omission or death caused by a public entity or its employees may be maintained against the public entity or its employees unless written notice of the time, place, and cause of the injury is given to the public entity as provided by this chapter within one hundred eighty days after the injury. Nothing in this chapter tolls or extends any applicable limitation on the time for commencing an action.
Source: SL 1986, ch 4, §2; SL 2007, ch 23, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 3 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 21 - Liability Of Public Entities And Public Officials
Section 3-21-2 - Notice prerequisite to action for damages--Time limit.
Section 3-21-3 - Persons to whom notice must be given.
Section 3-21-5 - Effect of inaccuracy in notice.
Section 3-21-7 - No waiver of sovereign immunity.
Section 3-21-10 - Immunity from lawsuits in courts of other jurisdictions.
Section 3-21-11 - Who are agents of state for purposes of § 21-32-17.
Section 3-21-13 - Restrictions on agreements providing for indemnification.
Section 3-21-14 - Nondisparagement clause--Unenforceable--State government.