21-16-3. Jurisdiction of courts.Any circuit court or magistrate court presided over by a magistrate judge has jurisdiction in any case of forcible entry and detainer, or of detainer only, of real property or an occupied structure within its county. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §37.3901; SL 1974, ch 153, §38; SL 1992, ch 156, §2.
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