South Dakota Codified Laws 21-39-1. Circuit court jurisdiction to determine heirs under federal land laws
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Whenever a patent shall have been issued direct to the heirs of a deceased person under the homestead or any other laws of the United States, the circuit court for the county in which such lands, or any part thereof, so patented are situated shall have original jurisdiction in a civil action brought for that purpose to determine who are such heirs and to determine the respective shares of such heirs in and to the lands so patented.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 21-39-1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Source: SL 1913, ch 231, § 1; RC 1919, § 2869; SL 1921, ch 182; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.1503.