Section 44-9-28 - Notice of pendency of action to enforce lien--Necessity for filing--Intervention of other lien claimants

44-9-28. Notice of pendency of action to enforce lien--Necessity for filing--Intervention of other lien claimants.At the beginning of the action the plaintiff shall file for record with the register of deeds of the county in which the action is pending and of the several counties into which the utility extends, if the lien is claimed under subdivision §44-9-1(2), a notice of the pendency thereof. After such filing no other action shall be commenced for the enforcement of any lien arising from the improvement described, but all such lien claimants shall intervene in the original action by answer as provided in §44-9-25. Source: SL 1913, ch 263, §11; SL 1917, ch 295, §4; RC 1919, §1653; SDC 1939, §39.0714.