21-42-4. Commencement by summons and complaint--Party plaintiff--Known and unknown parties defendant.The action shall be commenced by the filing of a summons and complaint as in other civil actions as required by the statutes of the State of South Dakota in which the party or parties so commencing the same shall be named as plaintiff, or plaintiffs, and all persons who have or claim to have, or who appear of record to have any interest or estate in, claim to, or lien or encumbrance upon the premises described in the summons and complaint, or any part thereof, or if dead, their heirs, devisees, legatees, personal representatives, or creditors, known or unknown, or any or either of them, and all persons unknown who may have or claim to have any estate or interest in or lien or encumbrance upon such real property or any part thereof, shall be named as defendants; if the county is the applicant, the action shall be brought in the name of the county. Source: SL 1941, ch 161, §2; SL 1943, ch 140; SDC Supp 1960, §37.16A02; SL 1995, ch 167, §188.
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