A debtor generally may claim exemption of his homestead and personal property from execution of a judgment against him or in a bankruptcy proceeding.

Other property
Other additional property exemptions may include goods, chattels, merchandise, money or other personal property not exceeding in the aggregate four thousand dollars in value

While the federal Bankruptcy Code also provides certain exemptions, South Dakota does not permit the election of federal exemptions. This means that a resident of South Dakota may only claim exemption of those property and to the extent...of the South Dakota Codified Laws even if the exemption provided under the federal Bankruptcy Code may be more beneficial to the judgment debtor.