SDCL § 15-14-27: Actions in which five-sixths vote by jury sufficient.

In all civil actions cognizable by a magistrate judge, except actions for the forcible entry and detainer, or detainer only, of real property, tried in the circuit court, the verdict may be rendered by five-sixths of the jury in the manner provided in §§ 15-14-28 and 15-14-29.