South Dakota Landlord Bundle: 3 Kits in One Download (South Dakota Landlord Kit, South Dakota Small Claims Kit, Eviction Case File Organizer)

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in South Dakota: the state's rules, a small claims case for unpaid rent or damage, and an eviction case file if it comes to that.

Not the right fit if

Your rentals aren't in South Dakota, or you only need one of the kits. Not a property management or legal service.

Why it is different

• 3 kits for 30% less than buying them one by one; each keeps its own folder in the download.
• The South Dakota kits are built only from our South Dakota data files: South Dakota data files, checked November 2026 against 9 official pages, among them South Dakota Legislature: 43-32-24, Return of security deposit; South Dakota Legislature: Chapter 43-32 (43-32-6.1); South Dakota Legislature: SDCL 43-32-32, Reasonable notice of landlord's intent to enter; South Dakota Unified Judicial System: Tenant/Defendant Checklist, Instructions and Forms for Eviction (Rev. 07/2026); South Dakota Unified Judicial System: UJS-109 Checklist for Eviction Action (Rev. 07/2026); South Dakota Unified Judicial System: Landlord/Plaintiff Eviction Packet (Rev. 09/2023), plus National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (a vetted secondary source, marked in the kit) where no official page could be read; South Dakota small claims data file, checked November 2026 against SD Unified Judicial System: Small Claims Court; SD UJS: Guide to Small Claims Court; SD Unified Judicial System: File & Serve FAQs.
• Eviction Case File Organizer covers every state; the South Dakota kits carry the state rules.

What is inside

• South Dakota Landlord Compliance Kit. The South Dakota landlord-tenant rules in one package: deposit capped at 1 month of rent; deposit returned within 21 days; 24-hour entry notice; $72 eviction filing fee; $12,000 small claims limit. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: No more than one month's rent, unless both agree to more because special conditions pose a danger to the premises (43-32-6.1); return deadline: Within 21 days after the tenancy ends: the deposit, or a written statement of the specific reason for withholding; itemized list of deductions: A written statement of the specific reason; an itemized accounting within 45 days if the tenant asks (43-32-24); penalty the law states: Not complying forfeits all rights to withhold; bad faith adds punitive damages of up to $200 (43-32-24); ending month-to-month (landlord): A hiring with no set term ends on notice given at least as long before it expires as the term itself, up to one month; ending month-to-month (tenant): A hiring with no set term ends on notice given at least as long before it expires as the term itself, up to one month; rent increase notice: Month-to-month: the landlord may change the terms by written notice at least 30 days before the month ends; the tenant may then end the lease effective the first of the next month with notice within 15 days; entry notice: Reasonable notice of the intent to enter, and entry only at reasonable times, except in an emergency or where impracticable; court: Eviction cases are filed in circuit court; filing fee: $72 to file the case filing statement, summons and complaint with the clerk of court; a tenant's answer has its own filing fee, and sheriff or process server service costs extra; time to answer or appear: Five days after service to answer and serve the landlord; weekends and holidays don't count; who carries out the lockout: The judgment form directs the local sheriff's department to remove the tenant on or after the date the court fills in; right to counsel (statewide): No statewide right to counsel for tenants in eviction cases (as of November 2026, per the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel): its tracker of enacted laws lists no statewide law here; small claims limit (for a deposit dispute): $12,000: the most a small claims case can ask for.
• South Dakota Small Claims Court Kit. In South Dakota, small claims (Small Claims Court (Magistrate Court)) cover claims up to $12,000. From the official page: SDCL 16-12C-13: small claims limit is $12,000 or less (SD Unified Judicial System); the UJS advises confirming the current maximum with the clerk of court. Where and how to file, from the official pages: County where the defendant lives or where the loss occurred. Claims can be started with the UJS Guide and File system; paper forms are also available. Fees: claims $100 or less: $24.84; claims $100.01-$1,000: $30.84; claims $1,000.01-$3,999.99: $40.84; claims $4,000-$12,000: $42.84; each additional defendant: $11.84. From the UJS Guide to Small Claims Court (footer 'UJS: 7/13/2026'). The UJS small claims page says a filing fee increase took effect July 13, 2025; confirm these figures reflect it with the clerk. Sheriff service costs extra. No online filing for small claims; file at the clerk's office. Service: Clerk sends notice by certified mail; if that fails, sheriff personal service at plaintiff's cost. Lawyers are allowed. Appeal: A small claims judgment cannot be appealed to a higher court. A defendant may seek transfer to circuit court (SDCL 15-39-57). A claim calculator that adds up your items and compares the total with $12,000, a costs sheet with the South Dakota fee list, a deadline sheet in business days that skips weekends and federal holidays, and a collection tracker with the balance owed.
• Eviction Case File Organizer. Walk into the hearing with the lease, the ledger, the notices and every date in order, whichever side you are on.