South Dakota § 3-21-2 - Notice prerequisite to action for damages--Time limit.
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§ 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.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 3-21-2 ("Notice prerequisite to action for damages--Time limit.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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