The custodian may recover support for a period of three years before the date of application with any Title IV-D agency, the date of filing with a court of competent jurisdiction, or the date of a written demand served personally or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, upon the noncustodial parent at the noncustodial parent's last known address, whichever occurs earlier.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.2102; SL 1984, ch 190 , § 5; SL 2005, ch 134 , § 13; SL 2013, ch 119 , § 14.