South Dakota evictions run under the forcible-entry-and-detainer chapter, SDCL 21-16. In 2024 (SL 2024, ch 75) the legislature repealed the statutory 3-day notice to quit (former SDCL 21-16-2). A tenant who fails to pay rent for three days after it is due is now subject to an action under SDCL 21-16-1(4); the summons gives five days to appear.
SDCL 21-16-1 lists the grounds for forcible entry and detainer, including subsection (4): a lessee who 'holds over after the termination of his lease' or 'fails to pay his rent for three days after the same shall be due.' The former notice-to-quit requirement, SDCL 21-16-2, was repealed by SL 2024, ch 75, § 1, so state law no longer mandates a 3-day notice to quit before filing for nonpayment (a lease may still require its own notice). Once an action is filed and the defendant served, SDCL 21-16-7 sets 'the time for appearance and pleading shall be five days from the time of service' (amended from four days in 2024), or thirty days after publication service. Circuit and magistrate courts hear these cases (SDCL 21-16-3).
A tenant who remains after a forcible-entry-and-detainer judgment may be removed by the sheriff under a writ of execution; the landlord may also pursue back rent, profits, or damages (SDCL 21-16-4). Self-help eviction is not authorized.
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