31-19-7. Summons to defendants--Contents--Time for response.
At any time after the filing of the petition the plaintiff may issue a summons to the defendants, which shall be entitled in the action or proceeding, and state the time and place of filing the petition, the nature of the proceeding, and contain a notice to the effect that if the defendants do not respond to said proceeding as provided in §31-19-10.1 within thirty days from the service thereof, exclusive of the day of service, the plaintiff will apply to the court for an order to impanel a jury and ascertain the just compensation for the property proposed to be taken or damaged in such proceeding.
Source: SL 1939, ch 113, §7; SL 1953, ch 152; SDC Supp 1960, §28.13A07; SL 1976, ch 184, §3.