After the issuing of an execution against property and upon proof by affidavit of a party or otherwise to the satisfaction of the court or a judge thereof that any judgment debtor residing in the circuit where such judge resides has property which he unjustly refuses to apply to the satisfaction of the judgment, such court or judge may, by an order, require the judgment debtor to appear at a specified time and place to answer concerning the same; and such proceedings may thereupon be had for the application of the property of the judgment debtor to the satisfaction of the judgment as are provided upon a return of an execution.
SDCL 15-20-2