{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-21-29-1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 21-29-1","heading":"Power to issue writ--Purposes for which used.","body":"The writ of mandamus may be issued by the Supreme and circuit courts, to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station; or to compel the admission of a party to the use and enjoyment of a right or office to which he is entitled, and from which he is unlawfully precluded by such inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or person.","path":["TITLE 21. JUDICIAL REMEDIES","CHAPTER 21-29. WRIT OF MANDAMUS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/21-29-1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"09a1ee29a217f0fc0e5dce97cbbe88c2f84343ab02eb82c0d6d28ae7f4452d84","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-21-28-20","next":"us-sd/sdcl-21-29-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}