The attorney general shall be notified at the beginning of any action, and kept fully advised of the progress thereof, and it shall not be lawful for any board of county commissioners or board of other taxing district to make a settlement or compromise of any claim exceeding the sum of three hundred dollars, or of any civil action or controversy arising out of such malfeasance, misfeasance or neglect of duty so reported, nor for any court to enter any compromise or settlement of such civil action, without giving notice thereof to the attorney general and allowing him to be heard in the matter.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 4-11-15

  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

Source: SL 1943, ch 258, § 9; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.2909.