15-6-4(g). Proof of service.
Proof of the service of the summons and complaint or of any pleading, process, or other paper must state the time, place, and manner of such service or of publication and mailing and must be made as follows:
(1)If served by a sheriff or a county constable, his certificate thereof;
(2)If by any other person, his affidavit thereof;
(3)The written admission of the party or his representative upon whom service might have been made for such party;
(4)In case of publication, by affidavit of the printer, his foreman, or principal clerk or the publisher of the newspaper showing the same and an affidavit of mailing of copies as required by law; or
(5)In case of mailing, by affidavit of mailing and admission of service.
Source: SDC 1939, §§33.0810, 33.0816; SL 1945, ch 146; SD RCP, Rule 4 (g), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966; SL 1979, ch 11147, §2; SL 1985, ch 159, §2.