<HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS 53 CONTRACTS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 53 CONTRACTS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 53"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG2 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG2 --> TITLE 53 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG2 --><!-- WP Style End: HG2 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG2C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG2C --> CONTRACTS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG2C --><!-- WP Style End: HG2C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: H --><!-- WP Style End: H --> Chapter <!-- WP Paired Style Off: H --><!-- WP Style End: H --> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-1">01</A>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Definitions And General Provisions <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-2">02</A>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Parties To Contracts <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-3">03</A>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consent To Contracts <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4">04</A>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Duress, Fraud, Undue Influence And Mistake <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-5">05</A>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Objects Of Contracts <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-6">06</A>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Consideration For Contracts <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-7">07</A>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Communication Of Proposal And Acceptance <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-8">08</A>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oral And Written Contracts <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-9">09</A>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unlawful Contracts <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-10">10</A>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Performance Of Contracts <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-11">11</A>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Extinction And Alteration Of Contracts <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12">12</A>. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Electronic Transactions <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS 53-1 DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 53-1 DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 53-1"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 53-1 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-1-1">53-1-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Contract defined. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-1-2">53-1-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Essential elements of contract. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-1-3">53-1-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Contracts, express or implied--Express contract defined--Implied contract defined. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-1-4">53-1-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Law and usage of place of performance, application to contracts. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2071998Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2071998SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071998CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2071998Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2071998DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071998000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071998SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071998SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2071998Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-1-1"><span class="s2071998SENU">53-1-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2071998SENU">. </span><span class="s2071998CL">Contract defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071998Normal-000000"><span class="s2071998DefaultParagraphFont">A contract is an agreement to do or not to do a certain thing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071998Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2071998000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071998Normal"><span class="s2071998SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2071998SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 870; CL 1887, § 3494; RCivC 1903, § 1188; RC 1919, § 803; SDC 1939, § 10.0101.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2071999Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2071999SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071999CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2071999Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2071999DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2071999Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2071999000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071999SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2071999SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2071999Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-1-2"><span class="s2071999SENU">53-1-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2071999SENU">. </span><span class="s2071999CL">Essential elements of contract.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071999Normal-000000"><span class="s2071999DefaultParagraphFont">Elements essential to existence of a contract are:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071999Normal-000001"><span class="s2071999DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Parties capable of contracting;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071999Normal-000001"><span class="s2071999DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Their consent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071999Normal-000001"><span class="s2071999DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    A lawful object; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071999Normal-000001"><span class="s2071999DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Sufficient cause or consideration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071999Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2071999000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2071999Normal"><span class="s2071999SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2071999SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 871; CL 1887, § 3495; RCivC 1903, § 1189; RC 1919, § 804; SDC 1939, § 10.0102.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - 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Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072001Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072001SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072001CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072001Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072001DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072001000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072001SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072001SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072001Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-1-4"><span class="s2072001SENU">53-1-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072001SENU">. </span><span class="s2072001CL">Law and usage of place of performance, application to contracts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072001Normal-000000"><span class="s2072001DefaultParagraphFont">A contract is to be interpreted according to the law and usage of the place where it is to be performed or, if it does not indicate a place of performance, according to the law and usage of the place where it is made.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072001Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072001000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072001Normal"><span class="s2072001SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072001SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 937; CL 1887, § 3561; RCivC 1903, § 1255; RC 1919, § 876; SDC 1939, § 10.0106.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS 53-2 PARTIES TO CONTRACTS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 53-2 PARTIES TO CONTRACTS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 53-2"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 53-2 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> PARTIES TO CONTRACTS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-2-1">53-2-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Persons capable of contracting. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-2-2">53-2-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Minors and persons of unsound mind--Capacity to contract. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-2-3">53-2-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Identification of parties necessary to validity. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-2-4">53-2-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Joint and several contracts. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-2-5">53-2-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Promise in singular number--Execution by several persons. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-2-6">53-2-6</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Contract for benefit of third person--Enforcement by beneficiary, limitation of time. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072003Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072003SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072003CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072003Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072003DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072003000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072003SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072003SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072003Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-2-1"><span class="s2072003SENU">53-2-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072003SENU">. </span><span class="s2072003CL">Persons capable of contracting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072003Normal-000000"><span class="s2072003DefaultParagraphFont">All persons are capable of contracting except minors, persons of unsound mind, and persons deprived of civil rights.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072003Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072003000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072003Normal"><span class="s2072003SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072003SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 872; CL 1887, § 3496; RCivC 1903, § 1190; RC 1919, § 805; SDC 1939, § 10.0201.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072004Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072004SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072004CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072004Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072004DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072004000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072004SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072004SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072004Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-2-2"><span class="s2072004SENU">53-2-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072004SENU">. </span><span class="s2072004CL">Minors and persons of unsound mind--Capacity to contract.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072004Normal-000000"><span class="s2072004DefaultParagraphFont">Minors and persons of unsound mind have only such capacity as is specified in the statutes relating to such persons.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072004Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072004000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072004Normal"><span class="s2072004SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072004SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 873; CL 1887, § 3497; RCivC 1903, § 1191; RC 1919, § 806; SDC 1939, § 10.0202.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - 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Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072008Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072008SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072008CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072008Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072008DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072008000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072008SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072008SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072008Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-2-6"><span class="s2072008SENU">53-2-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072008SENU">. </span><span class="s2072008CL">Contract for benefit of third person--Enforcement by beneficiary, limitation of time.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072008Normal-000000"><span class="s2072008DefaultParagraphFont">A contract made expressly for the benefit of a third person may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto rescind it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072008Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072008000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072008Normal"><span class="s2072008SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072008SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 875; CL 1887, § 3499; RCivC 1903, § 1193; RC 1919, § 808; SDC 1939, § 10.0204.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS 53-3 CONSENT TO CONTRACTS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 53-3 CONSENT TO CONTRACTS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 53-3"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 53-3 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> CONSENT TO CONTRACTS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-3-1">53-3-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Essentials of consent. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-3-2">53-3-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Absence of free consent--Contract voidable--Rescission. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-3-3">53-3-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Mutuality of consent. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-3-4">53-3-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Ratification of voidable contract for want of consent. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-3-5">53-3-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Assumption of obligation by acceptance of benefits. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072010Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072010SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072010CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072010Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072010DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072010Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072010000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072010SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072010SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072010Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-3-1"><span class="s2072010SENU">53-3-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072010SENU">. </span><span class="s2072010CL">Essentials of consent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072010Normal-000000"><span class="s2072010DefaultParagraphFont">Consent of the parties to a contract must be:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072010Normal-000001"><span class="s2072010DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Free;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072010Normal-000001"><span class="s2072010DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Mutual; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072010Normal-000001"><span class="s2072010DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Communicated by each to the other.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072010Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072010000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072010Normal"><span class="s2072010SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072010SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 876; CL 1887, § 3500; RCivC 1903, § 1194; RC 1919, § 809; SDC 1939, § 10.0301.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072011Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072011SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072011CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072011Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072011DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072011000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072011SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072011SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072011Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-3-2"><span class="s2072011SENU">53-3-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072011SENU">. </span><span class="s2072011CL">Absence of free consent--Contract voidable--Rescission.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072011Normal-000000"><span class="s2072011DefaultParagraphFont">Consent which is not free is not void but voidable and may be rescinded in the manner prescribed by the statutes on rescission.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072011Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072011000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072011Normal"><span class="s2072011SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072011SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 877; CL 1887, § 3501; RCivC 1903, § 1195; RC 1919, § 810; SDC 1939, § 10.0302.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - 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In certain cases prescribed in the law on interpretation of contracts they are to be deemed so to agree without regard to the fact.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072012Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072012000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072012Normal"><span class="s2072012SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072012SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 891; CL 1887, § 3515; RCivC 1903, § 1209; RC 1919, § 824; SDC 1939, § 10.0315.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072013Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072013SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072013CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072013Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072013DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072013000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072013SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072013SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072013Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-3-4"><span class="s2072013SENU">53-3-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072013SENU">. </span><span class="s2072013CL">Ratification of voidable contract for want of consent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072013Normal-000000"><span class="s2072013DefaultParagraphFont">A contract which is voidable solely for want of due consent may be ratified by a subsequent consent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072013Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072013000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072013Normal"><span class="s2072013SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072013SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 899; CL 1887, § 3523; RCivC 1903, § 1217; RC 1919, § 832; SDC 1939, § 10.0323.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072014Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072014SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072014CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072014Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072014DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072014000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072014SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072014SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072014Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-3-5"><span class="s2072014SENU">53-3-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072014SENU">. </span><span class="s2072014CL">Assumption of obligation by acceptance of benefits.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072014Normal-000000"><span class="s2072014DefaultParagraphFont">A voluntary acceptance of the benefit of a transaction is equivalent to a consent to all the obligations arising from it so far as the facts are known or ought to be known to the person accepting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072014Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072014000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072014Normal"><span class="s2072014SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072014SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 900; CL 1887, § 3524; RCivC 1903, § 1218; RC 1919, § 833; SDC 1939, § 10.0324.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS 53-4 DURESS, FRAUD, UNDUE INFLUENCE AND MISTAKE </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 53-4 DURESS, FRAUD, UNDUE INFLUENCE AND MISTAKE "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 53-4"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 53-4 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> DURESS, FRAUD, UNDUE INFLUENCE AND MISTAKE <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4-1">53-4-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Apparent consent voidable--Grounds. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4-2">53-4-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Consent deemed voidable--Grounds. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4-3">53-4-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Duress defined. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4-4">53-4-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Fraud, actual or constructive. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4-5">53-4-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Actual fraud, acts constituting, question of fact. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4-6">53-4-6</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Constructive fraud, acts constituting. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4-7">53-4-7</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Undue influence, acts constituting. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4-8">53-4-8</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Mistake, classification. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4-9">53-4-9</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Mistake of fact defined. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4-10">53-4-10</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Mistake of law defined. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4-11">53-4-11</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Mistake of foreign law--Mistake of fact. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-4-12">53-4-12</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Provision that contract not avoided by errors in description--Right to rescind for fraud or mistake. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072016Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072016SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072016CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072016Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072016DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072016Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072016000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072016SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072016SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072016Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-4-1"><span class="s2072016SENU">53-4-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072016SENU">. </span><span class="s2072016CL">Apparent consent voidable--Grounds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072016Normal-000000"><span class="s2072016DefaultParagraphFont">An apparent consent is not real or free and is voidable when obtained through:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072016Normal-000001"><span class="s2072016DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Duress;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072016Normal-000001"><span class="s2072016DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Fraud;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072016Normal-000001"><span class="s2072016DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Undue influence; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072016Normal-000001"><span class="s2072016DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Mistake.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072016Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072016000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072016Normal"><span class="s2072016SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072016SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 878; CL 1887, § 3502; RCivC 1903, § 1196; RC 1919, § 811; SDC 1939, § 10.0303.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072017Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072017SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072017CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072017Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072017DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072017000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072017SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072017SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072017Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-4-2"><span class="s2072017SENU">53-4-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072017SENU">. </span><span class="s2072017CL">Consent deemed voidable--Grounds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072017Normal-000000"><span class="s2072017DefaultParagraphFont">Consent is deemed to have been obtained through duress, fraud, undue influence, or mistake, only when it would not have been given except for one or more of them.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072017Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072017000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072017Normal"><span class="s2072017SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072017SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 879; CL 1887, § 3503; RCivC 1903, § 1197; RC 1919, § 812; SDC 1939, § 10.0304.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - 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Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072020Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072020SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072020CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072020Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072020DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072020Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2072020Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072020000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072020SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072020SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072020Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-4-5"><span class="s2072020SENU">53-4-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072020SENU">. </span><span class="s2072020CL">Actual fraud, acts constituting, question of fact.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072020Normal-000000"><span class="s2072020DefaultParagraphFont">Actual fraud in relation to contracts consists of any of the following acts committed by a party to the contract, or with his connivance, with intent to deceive another party thereto or to induce him to enter into the contract:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072020Normal-000001"><span class="s2072020DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The suggestion as a fact of that which is not true by one who does not believe it to be true;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072020Normal-000001"><span class="s2072020DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though he believe it to be true;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072020Normal-000001"><span class="s2072020DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The suppression of that which is true by one having knowledge or belief of the fact;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072020Normal-000001"><span class="s2072020DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    A promise made without any intention of performing it; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072020Normal-000001"><span class="s2072020DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Any other act fitted to deceive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072020Normal-000002"><span class="s2072020DefaultParagraphFont">Actual fraud is always a question of fact.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072020Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072020000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072020Normal"><span class="s2072020SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072020SCL-000004"> CivC 1877, §§ 883, 885; CL 1887, §§ 3507, 3509; RCivC 1903, §§ 1201, 1203; RC 1919, §§ 816, 818; SDC 1939, §§ 10.0307, 10.0309.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - 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Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072025Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072025SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072025CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072025Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072025DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072025Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072025000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072025SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072025SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072025Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-4-10"><span class="s2072025SENU">53-4-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072025SENU">. </span><span class="s2072025CL">Mistake of law defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072025Normal-000000"><span class="s2072025DefaultParagraphFont">A mistake of law in relation to consent to contract constitutes a mistake resulting in voidable consent only when it arises from:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072025Normal-000001"><span class="s2072025DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A misapprehension of the law by all parties, all supposing that they knew and understood it and all making substantially the same mistake as to the law; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072025Normal-000001"><span class="s2072025DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A misapprehension of the law by one party of which the others are aware at the time of contracting, but which they do not rectify.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072025Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072025000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072025Normal"><span class="s2072025SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072025SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 889; CL 1887, § 3513; RCivC 1903, § 1207; RC 1919, § 822; SDC 1939, § 10.0313.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072026Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072026SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072026CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072026Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072026DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072026000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072026SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072026SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072026Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-4-11"><span class="s2072026SENU">53-4-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072026SENU">. </span><span class="s2072026CL">Mistake of foreign law--Mistake of fact.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072026Normal-000000"><span class="s2072026DefaultParagraphFont">Mistake of foreign laws is a mistake of fact.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072026Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072026000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072026Normal"><span class="s2072026SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072026SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 890; CL 1887, § 3514; RCivC 1903, § 1208; RC 1919, § 823; SDC 1939, § 10.0314.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072027Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072027SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072027CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072027Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072027DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072027000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072027SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072027SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072027Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-4-12"><span class="s2072027SENU">53-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072027SENU">. </span><span class="s2072027CL">Provision that contract not avoided by errors in description--Right to rescind for fraud or mistake.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072027Normal-000000"><span class="s2072027DefaultParagraphFont">A provision that errors of description shall not avoid a contract or shall be subject to compensation or both does not take away the right of rescission for fraud, nor for mistake, where such mistake is in a matter essential to the inducement of the contract and is not capable of exact and entire compensation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072027Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072027000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072027Normal"><span class="s2072027SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072027SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 966; CL 1887, § 3590; RCivC 1903, § 1284; RC 1919, § 905; SDC 1939, § 10.0803.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS 53-5 OBJECTS OF CONTRACTS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 53-5 OBJECTS OF CONTRACTS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 53-5"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 53-5 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> OBJECTS OF CONTRACTS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-5-1">53-5-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Object of contract defined. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-5-2">53-5-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Requisites of object. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-5-3">53-5-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Unlawfulness of object and impossibility of performance renders contract void. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-5-4">53-5-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Several distinct objects--Some lawful and some unlawful--Validity of lawful parts. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072029Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072029SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072029CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072029Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072029DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072029000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072029SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072029SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072029Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-5-1"><span class="s2072029SENU">53-5-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072029SENU">. </span><span class="s2072029CL">Object of contract defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072029Normal-000000"><span class="s2072029DefaultParagraphFont">The object of a contract is the thing which it is agreed, on the part of the party receiving the consideration, to do or not to do.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072029Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072029000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072029Normal"><span class="s2072029SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072029SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 901; CL 1887, § 3525; RCivC 1903, § 1219; RC 1919, § 834; SDC 1939, § 10.0401.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072030Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072030SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072030CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072030Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072030DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072030000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072030SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072030SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072030Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-5-2"><span class="s2072030SENU">53-5-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072030SENU">. </span><span class="s2072030CL">Requisites of object.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072030Normal-000000"><span class="s2072030DefaultParagraphFont">The object of a contract must be lawful when the contract is made and possible and ascertainable by the time the contract is to be performed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072030Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072030000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072030Normal"><span class="s2072030SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072030SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 902; CL 1887, § 3526; RCivC 1903, § 1220; RC 1919, § 835; SDC 1939, § 10.0402.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - 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Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072032Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072032SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072032CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072032Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072032DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072032000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072032SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072032SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072032Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-5-4"><span class="s2072032SENU">53-5-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072032SENU">. </span><span class="s2072032CL">Several distinct objects--Some lawful and some unlawful--Validity of lawful parts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072032Normal-000000"><span class="s2072032DefaultParagraphFont">Where a contract has several distinct objects, one or more of which are lawful and one or more of which are unlawful in whole or in part, the contract is void as to the latter and valid as to the rest.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072032Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072032000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072032Normal"><span class="s2072032SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072032SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 905; CL 1887, § 3529; RCivC 1903, § 1223; RC 1919, § 838; SDC 1939, § 10.0404.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS 53-6 CONSIDERATION FOR CONTRACTS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 53-6 CONSIDERATION FOR CONTRACTS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 53-6"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 53-6 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> CONSIDERATION FOR CONTRACTS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-6-1">53-6-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Good consideration, acts constituting. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-6-2">53-6-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Legal or moral obligation as good consideration. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-6-3">53-6-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Instrument as evidence of consideration. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-6-4">53-6-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Burden of proof to invalidate sufficient consideration. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-6-5">53-6-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Lawful consideration required. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-6-6">53-6-6</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Illegality of consideration, effect. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-6-7">53-6-7</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Executed or executory consideration, effect. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-6-8">53-6-8</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Executory consideration--Determination of amount. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-6-9">53-6-9</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Impossibility of ascertaining consideration, effect. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-6-10">53-6-10</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Effect of impossibility of ascertaining consideration--Possible of execution on face. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-6-11">53-6-11</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Measure of consideration, ascertainment. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072034Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072034SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072034CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072034Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072034DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072034000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072034SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072034SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072034Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-6-1"><span class="s2072034SENU">53-6-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072034SENU">. </span><span class="s2072034CL">Good consideration, acts constituting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072034Normal-000000"><span class="s2072034DefaultParagraphFont">Any benefit conferred or agreed to be conferred upon the promiser by any other person to which the promiser is not lawfully entitled, or any prejudice suffered or agreed to be suffered by such person, other than such as he is at the time of consent lawfully bound to suffer as an inducement to the promiser, is a good consideration for a promise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072034Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072034000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072034Normal"><span class="s2072034SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072034SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 906; CL 1887, § 3530; RCivC 1903, § 1224; RC 1919, § 839; SDC 1939, § 10.0501.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072035Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072035SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072035CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072035Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072035DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072035000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072035SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072035SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072035Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-6-2"><span class="s2072035SENU">53-6-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072035SENU">. </span><span class="s2072035CL">Legal or moral obligation as good consideration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072035Normal-000000"><span class="s2072035DefaultParagraphFont">An existing legal obligation resting upon the promiser or a moral obligation originating in some benefit conferred upon the promiser or prejudice suffered by the promisee is also a good consideration for a promise to an extent corresponding with the extent of the obligation, but no further or otherwise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072035Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072035000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072035Normal"><span class="s2072035SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072035SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 907; CL 1887, § 3531; RCivC 1903, § 1225; RC 1919, § 840; SDC 1939, § 10.0502.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072036Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072036SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072036CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072036Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072036DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072036000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072036SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072036SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072036Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-6-3"><span class="s2072036SENU">53-6-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072036SENU">. </span><span class="s2072036CL">Instrument as evidence of consideration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072036Normal-000000"><span class="s2072036DefaultParagraphFont">A written instrument is presumptive evidence of a consideration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072036Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072036000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072036Normal"><span class="s2072036SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072036SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 914; CL 1887, § 3538; RCivC 1903, § 1232; RC 1919, § 848; SDC 1939, § 10.0509.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072037Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072037SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072037CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072037Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072037DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072037000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072037SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072037SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072037Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-6-4"><span class="s2072037SENU">53-6-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072037SENU">. </span><span class="s2072037CL">Burden of proof to invalidate sufficient consideration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072037Normal-000000"><span class="s2072037DefaultParagraphFont">The burden of showing a want of consideration sufficient to support an instrument lies with the party seeking to invalidate or avoid it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072037Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072037000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072037Normal"><span class="s2072037SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072037SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 914; CL 1887, § 3538; RCivC 1903, § 1232; RC 1919, § 849; SDC 1939, § 10.0510.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072038Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072038SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072038CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072038Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072038DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072038000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072038SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072038SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072038Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-6-5"><span class="s2072038SENU">53-6-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072038SENU">. </span><span class="s2072038CL">Lawful consideration required.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072038Normal-000000"><span class="s2072038DefaultParagraphFont">The consideration of a contract must be lawful within the meaning of the section defining unlawful contracts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072038Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072038000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072038Normal"><span class="s2072038SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072038SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 908; CL 1887, § 3532; RCivC 1903, § 1226; RC 1919, § 841; SDC 1939, § 10.0503.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072039Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072039SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072039CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072039Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072039DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072039000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072039SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072039SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072039Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-6-6"><span class="s2072039SENU">53-6-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072039SENU">. </span><span class="s2072039CL">Illegality of consideration, effect.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072039Normal-000000"><span class="s2072039DefaultParagraphFont">If any part of a single consideration for one or more objects or of several considerations for a single object is unlawful, the entire contract is void.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072039Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072039000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072039Normal"><span class="s2072039SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072039SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 909; CL 1887, § 3533; RCivC 1903, § 1227; RC 1919, § 842; SDC 1939, § 10.0504.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072040Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072040SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072040CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072040Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072040DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072040000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072040SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072040SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072040Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-6-7"><span class="s2072040SENU">53-6-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072040SENU">. </span><span class="s2072040CL">Executed or executory consideration, effect.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072040Normal-000000"><span class="s2072040DefaultParagraphFont">A consideration may be executed or executory in whole or in part. In so far as it is executory, it is subject to the provisions of the statutes relating to object of contract.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072040Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072040000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072040Normal"><span class="s2072040SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072040SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 910; CL 1887, § 3534; RCivC 1903, § 1228; RC 1919, § 843; SDC 1939, § 10.0507.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072041Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072041SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072041CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072041Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072041DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072041000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072041SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072041SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072041Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-6-8"><span class="s2072041SENU">53-6-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072041SENU">. </span><span class="s2072041CL">Executory consideration--Determination of amount.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072041Normal-000000"><span class="s2072041DefaultParagraphFont">When a consideration is executory, it is not indispensable that the contract should specify its amount or the means of ascertaining it. It may be left to the decision of a third person or regulated by any specific standard.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072041Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072041000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072041Normal"><span class="s2072041SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072041SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 911; CL 1887, § 3535; RCivC 1903, § 1229; RC 1919, § 844; SDC 1939, § 10.0508.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072042Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072042SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072042CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072042Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072042DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072042000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072042SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072042SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072042Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-6-9"><span class="s2072042SENU">53-6-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072042SENU">. </span><span class="s2072042CL">Impossibility of ascertaining consideration, effect.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072042Normal-000000"><span class="s2072042DefaultParagraphFont">Where a contract provides an exclusive method by which its consideration is to be ascertained, which method is on its face impossible of execution, the entire contract is void.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072042Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072042000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072042Normal"><span class="s2072042SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072042SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 913; CL 1887, § 3537; RCivC 1903, § 1231; RC 1919, § 846; SDC 1939, § 10.0505.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072043Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072043SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072043CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072043Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072043DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072043000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072043SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072043SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072043Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-6-10"><span class="s2072043SENU">53-6-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072043SENU">. </span><span class="s2072043CL">Effect of impossibility of ascertaining consideration--Possible of execution on face.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072043Normal-000000"><span class="s2072043DefaultParagraphFont">Where a contract provides an exclusive method by which its consideration is to be ascertained, which method appears possible on its face but in fact is or becomes impossible of execution, such provision only is void.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072043Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072043000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072043Normal"><span class="s2072043SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072043SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 914; CL 1887, § 3538; RCivC 1903, § 1232; RC 1919, § 847; SDC 1939, § 10.0505.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072044Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072044SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072044CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072044Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072044DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072044000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072044SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072044SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072044Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-6-11"><span class="s2072044SENU">53-6-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072044SENU">. </span><span class="s2072044CL">Measure of consideration, ascertainment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072044Normal-000000"><span class="s2072044DefaultParagraphFont">Where a contract does not determine the amount of the consideration nor the method by which it is to be ascertained or when it leaves the amount thereof to the discretion of an interested party, the consideration must be so much money as the object of the contract is reasonably worth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072044Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072044000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072044Normal"><span class="s2072044SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072044SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 912; CL 1887, § 3536; RCivC 1903, § 1230; RC 1919, § 845; SDC 1939, § 10.0506.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS 53-7 COMMUNICATION OF PROPOSAL AND ACCEPTANCE </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 53-7 COMMUNICATION OF PROPOSAL AND ACCEPTANCE "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 53-7"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 53-7 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> COMMUNICATION OF PROPOSAL AND ACCEPTANCE <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-7-1">53-7-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Revocation of proposal, limitation as to time. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-7-2">53-7-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Revocation of proposal, acts constituting. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-7-3">53-7-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Absolute and unqualified acceptance required--Qualified acceptance, new proposal. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-7-4">53-7-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Communication of consent. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-7-5">53-7-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Acceptance of proposal, communication. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-7-6">53-7-6</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Acceptance of proposal--Consent fully communicated. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-7-7">53-7-7</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Acceptance of proposal--Acts constituting. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-7-8">53-7-8</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Contract in writing--Effective date. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-7-9">53-7-9</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Written contracts--Application of law of transfer of property. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072046Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072046SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072046CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072046Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072046DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072046000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072046SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072046SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072046Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-7-1"><span class="s2072046SENU">53-7-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072046SENU">. </span><span class="s2072046CL">Revocation of proposal, limitation as to time.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072046Normal-000000"><span class="s2072046DefaultParagraphFont">A proposal may be revoked at any time before its acceptance is communicated to the proposer, but not afterwards.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072046000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072046Normal"><span class="s2072046SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072046SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 897; CL 1887, § 3521; RCivC 1903, § 1215; RC 1919, § 830; SDC 1939, § 10.0321.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072047Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072047SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072047CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072047Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072047DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072047Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072047000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072047SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072047SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072047Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-7-2"><span class="s2072047SENU">53-7-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072047SENU">. </span><span class="s2072047CL">Revocation of proposal, acts constituting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072047Normal-000000"><span class="s2072047DefaultParagraphFont">A proposal is revoked:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072047Normal-000001"><span class="s2072047DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    By communication of notice of revocation by the proposer to the other party in the manner prescribed for communication of consent and acceptance, before his acceptance has been communicated to the former;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072047Normal-000001"><span class="s2072047DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    By the lapse of time prescribed in such proposal for its acceptance, or if no time is so prescribed, the lapse of a reasonable time without communication of acceptance;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072047Normal-000001"><span class="s2072047DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    By the failure of the acceptor to fulfill a condition precedent to acceptance; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072047Normal-000001"><span class="s2072047DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    By the death or mental illness of the proposer before acceptance of the proposal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072047Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072047000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072047Normal"><span class="s2072047SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072047SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 898; CL 1887, § 3522; RCivC 1903, § 1216; RC 1919, § 831; SDC 1939, § 10.0322.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072048Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072048SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072048CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072048Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072048DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072048000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072048SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072048SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072048Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-7-3"><span class="s2072048SENU">53-7-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072048SENU">. </span><span class="s2072048CL">Absolute and unqualified acceptance required--Qualified acceptance, new proposal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072048Normal-000000"><span class="s2072048DefaultParagraphFont">An acceptance must be absolute and unqualified or must include in itself an acceptance of that character which the proposer can separate from the rest and which will conclude the person accepting. A qualified acceptance is a new proposal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072048Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072048000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072048Normal"><span class="s2072048SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072048SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 896; CL 1887, § 3520; RCivC 1903, § 1214; RC 1919, § 829; SDC 1939, § 10.0320.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072049Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072049SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072049CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072049Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072049DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072049000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072049SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072049SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072049Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-7-4"><span class="s2072049SENU">53-7-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072049SENU">. </span><span class="s2072049CL">Communication of consent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072049Normal-000000"><span class="s2072049DefaultParagraphFont">Consent can be communicated with effect only by some act or omission of the party contracting, by which he intends to communicate it or which necessarily tends to such communication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072049Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072049000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072049Normal"><span class="s2072049SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072049SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 892; CL 1887, § 3516; RCivC 1903, § 1210; RC 1919, § 825; SDC 1939, § 10.0316.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072050Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072050SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072050CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072050Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072050DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072050000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072050SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072050SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072050Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-7-5"><span class="s2072050SENU">53-7-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072050SENU">. </span><span class="s2072050CL">Acceptance of proposal, communication.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072050Normal-000000"><span class="s2072050DefaultParagraphFont">If a proposal prescribes any conditions concerning the communication of its acceptance, the proposer is not bound unless they are conformed to; but in other cases any reasonable and usual mode may be adopted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072050Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072050000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072050Normal"><span class="s2072050SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072050SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 893; CL 1887, § 3517; RCivC 1903, § 1211; RC 1919, § 826; SDC 1939, § 10.0317.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072051Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072051SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072051CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072051Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072051DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072051000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072051SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072051SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072051Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-7-6"><span class="s2072051SENU">53-7-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072051SENU">. </span><span class="s2072051CL">Acceptance of proposal--Consent fully communicated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072051Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072051DefaultParagraphFont">Consent is deemed to be fully communicated between the parties as soon as the party accepting the proposal has put his acceptance in the course of transmission to the proposer in conformity to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-7-5"><span class="s2072051DefaultParagraphFont">53-7-5</span></a><span class="s2072051DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072051Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072051000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072051Normal"><span class="s2072051SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072051SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 894; CL 1887, § 3518; RCivC 1903, § 1212; RC 1919, § 827; SDC 1939, § 10.0318.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072052Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072052SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072052CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072052Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072052DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072052000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072052SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072052SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072052Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-7-7"><span class="s2072052SENU">53-7-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072052SENU">. </span><span class="s2072052CL">Acceptance of proposal--Acts constituting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072052Normal-000000"><span class="s2072052DefaultParagraphFont">Performance of the conditions of a proposal or the acceptance of the consideration offered with a proposal is an acceptance of the proposal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072052Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072052000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072052Normal"><span class="s2072052SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072052SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 895; CL 1887, § 3519; RCivC 1903, § 1213; RC 1919, § 828; SDC 1939, § 10.0319.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072053Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072053SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072053CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072053Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072053DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072053000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072053SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072053SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072053Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-7-8"><span class="s2072053SENU">53-7-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072053SENU">. </span><span class="s2072053CL">Contract in writing--Effective date.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072053Normal-000000"><span class="s2072053DefaultParagraphFont">A contract in writing takes effect upon its intended delivery for effect to the party in whose favor it is made or to his agent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072053Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072053000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072053Normal"><span class="s2072053SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072053SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 922; CL 1887, § 3546; RCivC 1903, § 1240; RC 1919, § 861; SDC 1939, § 10.0607.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072054Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072054SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072054CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072054Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072054DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072054000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072054SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072054SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072054Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-7-9"><span class="s2072054SENU">53-7-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072054SENU">. </span><span class="s2072054CL">Written contracts--Application of law of transfer of property.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072054Normal-000000"><span class="s2072054DefaultParagraphFont">The provisions of the general law on transfers concerning the delivery of grants, absolute and conditional, apply to all written contracts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072054Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072054000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072054Normal"><span class="s2072054SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072054SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 923; CL 1887, § 3547; RCivC 1903, § 1241; RC 1919, § 862; SDC 1939, § 10.0608.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS 53-8 ORAL AND WRITTEN CONTRACTS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 53-8 ORAL AND WRITTEN CONTRACTS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 53-8"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 53-8 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> ORAL AND WRITTEN CONTRACTS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-8-1">53-8-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Contracts which may be oral. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-8-2">53-8-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Contracts required to be in writing--Statute of frauds. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-8-3">53-8-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Contract not in writing through fraud--Enforcement against fraudulent party. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-8-4">53-8-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Sales at public auction, memorandum of auctioneer, compliance with statute of frauds. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-8-5">53-8-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Execution of contract in writing supersedes oral negotiations or stipulations. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-8-6">53-8-6</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Oral contract--Alteration in writing by consent of parties. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-8-7">53-8-7</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Alteration of written contract without new consideration. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072056Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072056SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072056CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072056Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072056DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072056000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072056SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072056SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072056Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-8-1"><span class="s2072056SENU">53-8-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072056SENU">. </span><span class="s2072056CL">Contracts which may be oral.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072056Normal-000000"><span class="s2072056DefaultParagraphFont">All contracts may be oral except such as are specially required by statute to be in writing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072056Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072056000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072056Normal"><span class="s2072056SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072056SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 918; CL 1887, § 3542; RCivC 1903, § 1236; RC 1919, § 853; SDC 1939, § 10.0602.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072057Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072057SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072057CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072057Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072057DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072057Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072057000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072057SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072057SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072057Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-8-2"><span class="s2072057SENU">53-8-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072057SENU">. </span><span class="s2072057CL">Contracts required to be in writing--Statute of frauds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072057Normal-000000"><span class="s2072057DefaultParagraphFont">The following contracts are not enforceable by action unless the contract or some memorandum thereof is in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged or his agent, as authorized in writing:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072057Normal-000001"><span class="s2072057DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    An agreement that by its terms is not to be performed within a year from the making thereof;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072057Normal-000001"><span class="s2072057DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    An agreement made upon consideration of marriage, other than a mutual promise to marry;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072057Normal-000001"><span class="s2072057DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    An agreement for sale of real estate or an interest therein, or lease of the same, for a period longer than one year. However, this does not abridge the power of any court to compel specific performance of any agreement for sale of real estate in case of part performance thereof; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072057Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072057DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    An agreement for a loan of money or for an extension of credit, which agreement may be enforced by a beneficiary for whom the agreement was made, including, but not limited to, vendors of agricultural goods, services or products. A loan or an extension of credit made pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=51A-12-12"><span class="s2072057DefaultParagraphFont">51A-12-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072057DefaultParagraphFont"> or chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=54-11"><span class="s2072057DefaultParagraphFont">54-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072057DefaultParagraphFont"> is specifically exempt from the provisions of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072057Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072057000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072057Normal"><span class="s2072057SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072057SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, §§ 920, 993; CL 1887, §§ 3544, 3617; RCivC 1903, §§ 1238, 1311; RC 1919, §§ 855, 856; SDC 1939, § 10.0605; SL 1985, ch 381.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072058Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072058SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072058CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072058Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072058DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072058000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072058SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072058SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072058Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-8-3"><span class="s2072058SENU">53-8-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072058SENU">. </span><span class="s2072058CL">Contract not in writing through fraud--Enforcement against fraudulent party.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072058Normal-000000"><span class="s2072058DefaultParagraphFont">Where a contract which is required by law to be in writing is prevented from being put into writing by the fraud of a party thereto, any other party who is by such fraud led to believe that it is in writing and acts upon such belief to his prejudice may enforce it against the fraudulent party.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072058Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072058000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072058Normal"><span class="s2072058SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072058SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 919; CL 1887, § 3543; RCivC 1903, § 1237; RC 1919, § 854; SDC 1939, § 10.0603.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072059Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072059SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072059CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072059Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072059DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072059000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072059SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072059SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072059Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-8-4"><span class="s2072059SENU">53-8-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072059SENU">. </span><span class="s2072059CL">Sales at public auction, memorandum of auctioneer, compliance with statute of frauds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072059Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072059DefaultParagraphFont">When a sale is made by public auction of any real or personal property, an entry by the auctioneer, or actual clerk of the sale, in his sale book at the time of the sale, of the kind of property sold and description thereof sufficient for identification, the terms of sale, the price, and the names of the purchaser and person on whose account the sale was made, is a sufficient memorandum to satisfy the requirements of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-8-2"><span class="s2072059DefaultParagraphFont">53-8-2</span></a><span class="s2072059DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072059Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072059000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072059Normal"><span class="s2072059SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072059SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 920; CL 1887, § 3544; RCivC 1903, § 1238; RC 1919, § 858; SDC 1939, § 10.0606.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072060Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072060SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072060CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072060Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072060DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072060000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072060SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072060SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072060Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-8-5"><span class="s2072060SENU">53-8-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072060SENU">. </span><span class="s2072060CL">Execution of contract in writing supersedes oral negotiations or stipulations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072060Normal-000000"><span class="s2072060DefaultParagraphFont">The execution of a contract in writing, whether the law requires it to be written or not, supersedes all the oral negotiations or stipulations concerning its matter which preceded or accompanied the execution of the instrument.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072060Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072060000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072060Normal"><span class="s2072060SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072060SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 921; CL 1887, § 3545; RCivC 1903, § 1239; RC 1919, § 860; SDC 1939, § 10.0604.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072061Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072061SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072061CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072061Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072061DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072061000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072061SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072061SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072061Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-8-6"><span class="s2072061SENU">53-8-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072061SENU">. </span><span class="s2072061CL">Oral contract--Alteration in writing by consent of parties.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072061Normal-000000"><span class="s2072061DefaultParagraphFont">A contract not in writing may be altered in any respect by consent of the parties, in writing, without a new consideration, and is extinguished thereby to the extent of the alteration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072061Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072061000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072061Normal"><span class="s2072061SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072061SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 968; CL 1887, § 3592; RCivC 1903, § 1286; RC 1919, § 907; SDC 1939, § 10.0805.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html 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a contract in writing without a new consideration or by an executed oral agreement, and not otherwise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072062Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072062000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072062Normal"><span class="s2072062SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072062SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 969; CL 1887, § 3593; RCivC 1903, § 1287; RC 1919, § 908; SDC 1939, § 10.0806.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3Normal { text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } 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Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 53-9 - UNLAWFUL CONTRACTS"><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 53-9 - UNLAWFUL CONTRACTS"><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3HG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3Normal"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3HG4C">UNLAWFUL CONTRACTS</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Contract provisions contrary to law, unlawful.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Gambling contracts void.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Contracts against public policy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Penalties for nonperformance of contract void, exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Contracts fixing damages void, exception.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Restraints on legal proceedings void--Arbitration agreements and certain surety contract limitations enforceable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-6.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-6.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Validation of contract limiting time for enforcement of rights under surety contracts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Contract in restraint of marriage void.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Contracts in restraint of trade void--Exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Sale of good will--Seller's agreement with buyer to refrain from carrying on similar business, validity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Dissolution of partnership--Agreement of partners to refrain from carrying on similar business, validity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Employment contract--Competition limitation upon termination.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-11.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Employment contract--Competition limitation upon termination--Practitioner defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-11.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Employment contract--Practitioner competition limitation upon termination--Voidability--Applicability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Contracts of independent contractor who is captive insurance agent--Covenants not to compete.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5794ea7455d84b669fcd43768215bdc3DefaultParagraphFont">    Coerce or compel an abortion--Contract void.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta 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font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072064SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072064SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072064Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-1"><span class="s2072064SENU">53-9-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072064SENU">. </span><span class="s2072064CL">Contract provisions contrary to law, unlawful.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072064Normal-000000"><span class="s2072064DefaultParagraphFont">A contract provision contrary to an express provision of law or to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited or otherwise contrary to good morals, is unlawful.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072064Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072064000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072064Normal"><span class="s2072064SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072064SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 953; CL 1887, § 3577; RCivC 1903, § 1271; RC 1919, § 892; SDC 1939, § 10.0701.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072065Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072065SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072065CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072065Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072065DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072065Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072065000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072065SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072065SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072065Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-2"><span class="s2072065SENU">53-9-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072065SENU">. </span><span class="s2072065CL">Gambling contracts void.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072065Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072065DefaultParagraphFont"> Any contract:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072065Normal-000001"><span class="s2072065DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    In which the whole or any part of the contractual consideration is money or other valuable consideration, won or lost as a result of the outcome of any game of any kind, under any name or by any means; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072065Normal-000001"><span class="s2072065DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    In which the contract is for the repayment of money or other valuable consideration, lent or advanced, for the purpose of gambling in connection with any game, play, bet, or wager;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072065Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072065DefaultParagraphFont">is void to the extent that the consideration constitutes a gambling win or loss or is a loan or advance for the purpose of gambling. However, any contract where the creditor is a regulated lender as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=54-3-14"><span class="s2072065DefaultParagraphFont">54-3-14</span></a><span class="s2072065DefaultParagraphFont">, or any other good faith lender, is not subject to this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072065Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072065000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072065Normal"><span class="s2072065SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072065SCL-000003"> SL 1907, ch 155, § 3; RC 1919, § 3929; SDC 1939, § 24.0102; SL 2010, ch 230, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072066Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072066SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072066CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072066Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072066DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072066000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072066SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072066SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072066Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-3"><span class="s2072066SENU">53-9-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072066SENU">. </span><span class="s2072066CL">Contracts against public policy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072066Normal-000000"><span class="s2072066DefaultParagraphFont">All contracts which have for their object, directly or indirectly, to exempt anyone from responsibility for his own fraud or willful injury to the person or property of another or from violation of law whether willful or negligent, are against the policy of the law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072066Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072066000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072066Normal"><span class="s2072066SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072066SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 954; CL 1887, § 3578; RCivC 1903, § 1272; RC 1919, § 893; SDC 1939, § 10.0702.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072067Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072067SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072067CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072067Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072067DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072067000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072067SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072067SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072067Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-4"><span class="s2072067SENU">53-9-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072067SENU">. </span><span class="s2072067CL">Penalties for nonperformance of contract void, exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072067Normal-000000"><span class="s2072067DefaultParagraphFont">Penalties imposed by contract for any nonperformance thereof are void. This section does not void obligations penal in form such as heretofore have been commonly used, but it voids their penal clauses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072067Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072067000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072067Normal"><span class="s2072067SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072067SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 955; CL 1887, § 3579; RCivC 1903, § 1273; RC 1919, § 894; SDC 1939, § 10.0703.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072068Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072068SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072068CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072068Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072068DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072068000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072068SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072068SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072068Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-5"><span class="s2072068SENU">53-9-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072068SENU">. </span><span class="s2072068CL">Contracts fixing damages void, exception.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072068Normal-000000"><span class="s2072068DefaultParagraphFont">Every contract in which amount of damage or compensation for breach of an obligation is determined in anticipation thereof is void to that extent except the parties may agree therein upon an amount presumed to be the damage for breach in cases where it would be impracticable or extremely difficult to fix actual damage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072068Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072068000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072068Normal"><span class="s2072068SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072068SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, §§ 956, 957; CL 1887, §§ 3580, 3581; RCivC 1903, §§ 1274, 1275; RC 1919, §§ 895, 896; SDC 1939, § 10.0704.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072069Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072069SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072069CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072069Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072069DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072069000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072069SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072069SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072069Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-6"><span class="s2072069SENU">53-9-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072069SENU">. </span><span class="s2072069CL">Restraints on legal proceedings void--Arbitration agreements and certain surety contract limitations enforceable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072069Normal-000000"><span class="s2072069DefaultParagraphFont">Every provision in a contract restricting a party from enforcing his rights under it by usual legal proceedings in ordinary tribunals, or limiting his time to do so, is void. However, agreements to submit controversies to arbitration, as authorized by the Uniform Arbitration Act, are valid and enforceable, and any provision in a surety contract which limits the time for enforcement is valid and enforceable if the limitation of time is not less than two years after the cause of action has accrued.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072069Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072069000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072069Normal"><span class="s2072069SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072069SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 958; CL 1887, § 3582; RCivC 1903, § 1276; RC 1919, § 897; SDC 1939, § 10.0705; SL 1971, ch 157, § 27; SL 1988, ch 382, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { 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font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072070SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072070Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-6.1"><span class="s2072070SENU">53-9-6.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072070SENU">. </span><span class="s2072070CL">Validation of contract limiting time for enforcement of rights under surety contracts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072070Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072070DefaultParagraphFont">Any contract provision which limits a party's time for enforcing his rights under a surety contract entered into prior to July 1, 1988, is hereby cured, legalized and validated as fully as if such contract provision had been entered into pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-6"><span class="s2072070DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-6</span></a><span class="s2072070DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072070Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072070000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072070Normal"><span class="s2072070SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072070SCL-000002"> SL 1988, ch 382, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072071Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072071SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072071CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072071Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072071DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072071000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072071SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072071SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072071Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-7"><span class="s2072071SENU">53-9-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072071SENU">. </span><span class="s2072071CL">Contract in restraint of marriage void.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072071Normal-000000"><span class="s2072071DefaultParagraphFont">Every contract in restraint of marriage of any person other than a minor is void.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072071Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072071000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072071Normal"><span class="s2072071SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072071SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 962; CL 1887, § 3586; RCivC 1903, § 1280; RC 1919, § 901; SDC 1939, § 10.0707.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072072Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072072SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072072CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072072Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072072DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072072000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072072SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072072SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072072Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-8"><span class="s2072072SENU">53-9-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072072SENU">. </span><span class="s2072072CL">Contracts in restraint of trade void--Exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072072Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072072DefaultParagraphFont">Any contract restraining exercise of a lawful profession, trade, or business is void to that extent, except as provided by §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-9"><span class="s2072072DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072072DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-12"><span class="s2072072DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-12</span></a><span class="s2072072DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072072Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072072000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072072Normal"><span class="s2072072SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072072SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 959; CL 1887, § 3583; RCivC 1903, § 1277; RC 1919, § 898; SDC 1939, § 10.0706; SL 2005, ch 254, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072073Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072073SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072073CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072073Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072073DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072073000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072073SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072073SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072073Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-9"><span class="s2072073SENU">53-9-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072073SENU">. </span><span class="s2072073CL">Sale of good will--Seller's agreement with buyer to refrain from carrying on similar business, validity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072073Normal-000000"><span class="s2072073DefaultParagraphFont">Any person who sells the good will of a business may agree with the buyer to refrain from carrying on a similar business within a specified county, city, or other specified area, as long as the buyer or person deriving title to the good will from the seller carries on a like business within the specified geographical area.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072073Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072073000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072073Normal"><span class="s2072073SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072073SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 10.0706 (1); SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 1997, ch 274, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072074Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072074SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072074CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072074Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072074DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072074000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072074SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072074SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072074Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-10"><span class="s2072074SENU">53-9-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072074SENU">. </span><span class="s2072074CL">Dissolution of partnership--Agreement of partners to refrain from carrying on similar business, validity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072074Normal-000000"><span class="s2072074DefaultParagraphFont">Partners may, upon or in anticipation of a dissolution of the partnership, agree that none of them will carry on a similar business within the same municipality where the partnership business has been transacted or within a specified part thereof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072074Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072074000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072074Normal"><span class="s2072074SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072074SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 961; CL 1887, § 3585; RCivC 1903, § 1279; RC 1919, § 900; SL 1929, ch 88; SDC 1939, § 10.0706 (2).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0SENU { font-family: 'Times New 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content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11" rel="noopener"><span class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0SENU">53-9-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0SENU">. </span><span class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0CL">Employment contract--Competition limitation upon termination.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0DefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11.2" rel="noopener"><span class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-11.2</span></a><span class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0DefaultParagraphFont">, an employee may agree with an employer at the time of employment or at any time during employment not to engage directly or indirectly in the same business or profession as that of the employer for any period not exceeding two years from the date of termination of the agreement and not to solicit existing customers of the employer within a specified county, first- or second-class municipality, or other specified area for any period not exceeding two years from the date of termination of the agreement, if the employer continues to carry on a like business therein.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="scfd355cab43443c89940fad59638e8a0SCL">SL 1929, ch 88; SDC 1939, § 10.0706 (3); SL 1984, ch 318; SL 2021, ch 205, § 1; SL 2023, ch 160, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11.1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574SENU">53-9-11.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574SENU">. </span><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574CL">Employment contract--Competition limitation upon termination--Practitioner defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-11.2</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">, a practitioner means:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A physician licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-4</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A physician assistant licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4A" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-4A</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    A paramedic or emergency medical technician licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4B" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-4B</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    A respiratory care practitioner licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4C" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-4C</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    A chiropractor licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-5" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-5</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    A dentist licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-6A" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-6A</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    An optometrist licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-7</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    A podiatrist licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-8</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    A registered nurse authorized to practice in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-9-3</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    A certified registered nurse anesthetist authorized to practice in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-3.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-9-3.1</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(11)    A licensed practical nurse authorized to practice in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-9-4</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(12)    A certified nurse practitioner </span><a id="_Hlk63153906" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574000000" rel="noopener"></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">or certified nurse midwife licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9A" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-9A</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(13)    A certified professional midwife licensed under </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-9C" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-9C</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(14)    A physical therapist licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-10</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(15)    A nutritionist or dietician licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-10B" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-10B</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(16)    A pharmacist licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-11</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(17)    An audiologist or hearing aid dispenser licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-24" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-24</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(18)    A social worker licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-26</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(19)    A psychologist licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-27A" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-27A</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(20)    An athletic trainer licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-29" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-29</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(21)    An occupational therapist licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-31" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-31</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(22)    A professional counselor or a professional counselor-mental health licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-32" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-32</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(23)    A marriage and family therapist licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-33" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-33</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(24)    An addiction and prevention professional licensed or certified in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-34" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-34</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(25)    A massage therapist licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-35" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-35</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(26)    A genetic counselor licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-36" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-36</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(27)    A speech language pathologist licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-37" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-37</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">(28)    A behavior analyst licensed in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-38" rel="noopener"><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">36-38</span></a><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s1a6d83d15767414585e30d742e366574SCL">SL 2021, ch 205, § 2; SL 2023, ch 160, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; 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content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 53-9-11.2 - Employment contract--Practitioner competition limitation upon termination--Voidability--Applicability."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 53-9-11.2 - Employment contract--Practitioner competition limitation upon termination--Voidability--Applicability."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11.2"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064SENU">53-9-11.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064SENU">. </span><span class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064CL">Employment contract--Practitioner competition limitation upon termination--Voidability--Applicability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064DefaultParagraphFont">Notwithstanding § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064DefaultParagraphFont">, a provision of a contract, entered into on or after July 1, 2023, is voidable if it restricts a practitioner, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-11</span></a><span class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064DefaultParagraphFont">.1, from practicing or otherwise providing professional services in accordance with the applicable scope of practice, after the conclusion of the practitioner's employment or after the dissolution of a partnership or other form of professional relationship.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064Statute"><span class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064DefaultParagraphFont">This section does not apply to any contractual provision that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064StatuteNumber1"><span class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Is effective upon the sale of a practice or interest in a practice; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064StatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Restricts a practitioner from soliciting current patients or clients of the former employer, partnership, or other professional relationship, provided the solicitation complies with the geographic and temporal limitations as referenced in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=53-9-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064DefaultParagraphFont">53-9-11</span></a><span class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064Statute"><span class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064DefaultParagraphFont">The term, soliciting, as used in this section, means a targeted affirmative act, directed toward any patient or client of the practitioner's former employer, partnership, or other professional relationship, for the purpose of convincing the patient or client to transfer the patient or client's care or business to the practitioner or to the practitioner's new employer, partner, or professional relationship.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s7af8e429f6f340e89356773d5ca32064SCL">SL 2023, ch 160, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072076Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072076SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072076CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: 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normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072076Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-12"><span class="s2072076SENU">53-9-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072076SENU">. </span><span class="s2072076CL">Contracts of independent contractor who is captive insurance agent--Covenants not to compete.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072076Normal-000000"><span class="s2072076DefaultParagraphFont">Any independent contractor who is an insurance producer as defined in subdivision 58-1-2(16) and is a captive agent who is not an independent agent and who works exclusively for a single insurance company or an affiliated group of insurance companies, even if the single insurance company allows its captive agents to market the products of another insurance company pursuant to contract, may agree with an insurer at the time of contracting or at any time during the term of the contract:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072076Normal-000001"><span class="s2072076DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Not to engage directly or indirectly in the same business or profession as that of the insurer for any period not exceeding two years from the date of termination of the independent contractor's agreement with the insurer; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072076Normal-000001"><span class="s2072076DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Not to solicit existing customers of the insurer within a specified county, first or second class municipality, or other specified area for any period not exceeding two years from the date of termination of the agreement, if the insurer continues to carry on a like business within the specified area.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072076Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072076000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072076Normal"><span class="s2072076SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072076SCL-000003"> SL 2005, ch 254, § 2.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072076Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072076000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072076Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072076000002"> </span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083030Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083030SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083030CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 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dir="ltr" class="s2083030Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-9-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083030SENU">53-9-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083030SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083030CL">Coerce or compel an abortion--Contract void. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083030Statute"><a id="_Hlk64374294" class="s2083030000000" rel="noopener"></a><span class="s2083030DefaultParagraphFont">A provision in a contract is void and unenforceable if it in any way:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083030StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083030DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Coerces, compels, or attempts to compel a pregnant woman to undergo an abortion;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083030StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083030DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Results in a breach of any term of the contract if a pregnant woman refuses to undergo an abortion; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083030StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083030DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Results in the pregnant woman assuming any cost, obligation, or responsibility for refusing to undergo an abortion.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083030Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083030000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083030NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083030DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s2083030SCL">SL 2021, ch 206, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS 53-10 PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACTS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 53-10 PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACTS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 53-10"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: 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</style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072078Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-10-1"><span class="s2072078SENU">53-10-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072078SENU">. </span><span class="s2072078CL">Executed contract distinguished from executory contract.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072078Normal-000000"><span class="s2072078DefaultParagraphFont">An executed contract is one, the object of which is fully performed. All others are executory.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072078Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072078000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072078Normal"><span class="s2072078SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072078SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 952; CL 1887, § 3576; RCivC 1903, § 1270; RC 1919, § 891; SDC 1939, § 10.0103.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072079Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072079SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072079CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072079Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072079DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072079000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072079SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072079SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072079Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-10-2"><span class="s2072079SENU">53-10-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072079SENU">. </span><span class="s2072079CL">Time of performance of contract not specified--Allowance of reasonable time--Instant action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072079Normal-000000"><span class="s2072079DefaultParagraphFont">If no time is specified for the performance of an act, a reasonable time is allowed. If the act is capable of being done instantly, such as payment of money, it must be performed immediately when due and ascertained.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072079Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072079000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072079Normal"><span class="s2072079SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072079SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 948; CL 1887, § 3572; RCivC 1903, § 1266; RC 1919, § 887; SDC 1939, § 10.0107.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072080Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072080SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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CL 1887, § 3573; RCivC 1903, § 1267; RC 1919, § 888; SDC 1939, § 10.0107.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS 53-11 EXTINCTION AND ALTERATION OF CONTRACTS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 53-11 EXTINCTION AND ALTERATION OF CONTRACTS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 53-11"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 53-11 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> EXTINCTION AND ALTERATION OF CONTRACTS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-11-1">53-11-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Extinguishment of contracts--Methods. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-11-2">53-11-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Rescission by party to contract--Grounds. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-11-3">53-11-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Rescission not effected by consent--Accomplishment by use of diligence to comply with rules governing rescission. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-11-4">53-11-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Prompt action by party rescinding on discovery of duress, undue influence, or disability. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-11-5">53-11-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Restoration of everything of value by party rescinding. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-11-6">53-11-6</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Extinction by destruction or cancellation of contract or signatures by consent. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-11-7">53-11-7</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Extinction by intentional destruction, cancellation or alteration of contract--Alteration or destruction of duplicate, not to prejudice. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072082Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072082SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072082CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072082Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072082DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072082000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072082SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072082SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072082Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-11-1"><span class="s2072082SENU">53-11-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072082SENU">. </span><span class="s2072082CL">Extinguishment of contracts--Methods.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072082Normal-000000"><span class="s2072082DefaultParagraphFont">A contract may be extinguished in like manner as any other obligation and also by rescission, alteration, and cancellation, as provided by statute.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072082Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072082000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072082Normal"><span class="s2072082SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072082SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, §§ 963, 964; CL 1887, §§ 3587, 3588; RCivC 1903, §§ 1281, 1282; RC 1919, §§ 902, 903; SDC 1939, § 10.0801.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072083Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072083SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072083CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072083Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072083DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072083Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072083000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072083SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072083SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072083Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-11-2"><span class="s2072083SENU">53-11-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072083SENU">. </span><span class="s2072083CL">Rescission by party to contract--Grounds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072083Normal-000000"><span class="s2072083DefaultParagraphFont">A party to a contract may rescind the same in the following cases only:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072083Normal-000001"><span class="s2072083DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    If consent of the party rescinding or of any party jointly contracting with him was given by mistake or obtained through duress, fraud, or undue influence exercised by or with the connivance of the party as to whom he rescinds, or of any other party to the contract jointly interested with such party;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072083Normal-000001"><span class="s2072083DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If through fault of the party as to whom he rescinds, the consideration for his obligation fails in whole or in part;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072083Normal-000001"><span class="s2072083DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    If the consideration becomes entirely void from any cause;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072083Normal-000001"><span class="s2072083DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    If such consideration before it is rendered to him fails in a material respect from any cause; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072083Normal-000001"><span class="s2072083DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    By consent of all the other parties.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072083Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072083000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072083Normal"><span class="s2072083SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072083SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 965; CL 1887, § 3589; RCivC 1903, § 1283; RC 1919, § 904; SDC 1939, § 10.0802.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072084Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072084SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072084CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072084Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072084DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072084000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072084SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072084SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072084Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-11-3"><span class="s2072084SENU">53-11-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072084SENU">. </span><span class="s2072084CL">Rescission not effected by consent--Accomplishment by use of diligence to comply with rules governing rescission.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072084Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072084DefaultParagraphFont">Rescission, when not effected by consent can be accomplished only by the use, on the part of the party rescinding, of reasonable diligence to comply with §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-11-4"><span class="s2072084DefaultParagraphFont">53-11-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072084DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-11-5"><span class="s2072084DefaultParagraphFont">53-11-5</span></a><span class="s2072084DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072084Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072084000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072084Normal"><span class="s2072084SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072084SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 967; CL 1887, § 3591; RCivC 1903, § 1285; RC 1919, § 906; SDC 1939, § 10.0804.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072085Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072085SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072085CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072085Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072085DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072085000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072085SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072085SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072085Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-11-4"><span class="s2072085SENU">53-11-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072085SENU">. </span><span class="s2072085CL">Prompt action by party rescinding on discovery of duress, undue influence, or disability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072085Normal-000000"><span class="s2072085DefaultParagraphFont">The party rescinding a contract must rescind promptly, upon discovering the facts which entitle him to rescind, if he is free from duress, undue influence, or disability, and is aware of his right to rescind.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072085Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072085000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072085Normal"><span class="s2072085SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072085SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 967, subdiv 1; CL 1887, § 3591, subdiv 1; RCivC 1903, § 1285, subdiv 1; RC 1919, § 906 (1); SDC 1939, § 10.0804 (1).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072086Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072086SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072086CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072086Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072086DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072086000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072086SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072086SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072086Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-11-5"><span class="s2072086SENU">53-11-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072086SENU">. </span><span class="s2072086CL">Restoration of everything of value by party rescinding.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072086Normal-000000"><span class="s2072086DefaultParagraphFont">The party rescinding a contract must restore to the other party everything of value which he has received from him under the contract, or must offer to restore the same, upon condition that such party shall do likewise, unless the latter is unable or positively refuses to do so.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072086Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072086000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072086Normal"><span class="s2072086SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072086SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 967, subdiv 2; CL 1887, § 3591, subdiv 2; RCivC 1903, § 1285, subdiv 2; RC 1919, § 906 (2); SDC 1939, § 10.0804 (2).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072087Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072087SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072087CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072087Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072087DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072087000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072087SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072087SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072087Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-11-6"><span class="s2072087SENU">53-11-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072087SENU">. </span><span class="s2072087CL">Extinction by destruction or cancellation of contract or signatures by consent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072087Normal-000000"><span class="s2072087DefaultParagraphFont">The destruction or cancellation of a written contract or of the signatures of the parties liable thereon with intent to extinguish the obligation thereof, extinguishes it as to all the parties consenting to the act.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072087Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072087000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072087Normal"><span class="s2072087SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072087SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 970; CL 1887, § 3594; RCivC 1903, § 1288; RC 1919, § 909; SDC 1939, § 10.0807.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072088Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072088SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072088CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072088Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072088DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072088000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072088SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072088SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072088Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-11-7"><span class="s2072088SENU">53-11-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072088SENU">. </span><span class="s2072088CL">Extinction by intentional destruction, cancellation or alteration of contract--Alteration or destruction of duplicate, not to prejudice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072088Normal-000000"><span class="s2072088DefaultParagraphFont">The intentional destruction, cancellation, or material alteration of a written contract by a party entitled to any benefit under it, or with his consent, extinguishes all the executory obligations of the contract in his favor against parties who do not consent to the act. Where a contract is executed in duplicate, an alteration or destruction of one copy while the other exists is not within the provisions of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072088Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072088000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072088Normal"><span class="s2072088SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072088SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, §§ 971, 972; CL 1887, §§ 3595, 3596; RCivC 1903, §§ 1289, 1290; RC 1919, §§ 910, 911; SDC 1939, § 10.0808.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS 53-12 ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 53-12 ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 53-12"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details 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electronic records or signatures. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-12">53-12-12</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Construction of chapter. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-13">53-12-13</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Electronic form of record or signature not grounds for denying its legal effect. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-14">53-12-14</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Electronic record used in contract formation not grounds for denying contract. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-15">53-12-15</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Electronic record satisfies requirement of a writing. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-16">53-12-16</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Electronic signature satisfies requirement of a signature. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-17">53-12-17</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Requirement of 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-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Requirements of &#167;&#167;&nbsp;53-12-17 to 53-12-19, inclusive, not to be varied by agreement--Exceptions. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-21">53-12-21</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Attributing electronic signature or record to person. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-22">53-12-22</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Effect of electronic record or signature to be determined from context. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A 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--> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-29">53-12-29</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Retention of check. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-30">53-12-30</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Retention of record for evidentiary, audit, or like purposes. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-31">53-12-31</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Electronic form of record or signature not grounds for exclusion. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-32">53-12-32</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Formation and terms of contract in automated transaction. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-33">53-12-33</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Time that electronic record is sent. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-34">53-12-34</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Time that electronic record is received. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-35">53-12-35</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Location of information processing system irrelevant. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-36">53-12-36</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Place that electronic record is sent from and received. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-37">53-12-37</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Individual need not be aware of receipt. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-38">53-12-38</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Effect of electronic acknowledgment. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-39">53-12-39</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Effect of actual knowledge that electronic record purportedly sent or received was not sent or received. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-40">53-12-40</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> &quot;Transferable record&quot; defined. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-41">53-12-41</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Person having control of transferable record. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-42">53-12-42</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Requirements for creation, storage, and assignment of transferable record--Authoritative copy. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-43">53-12-43</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Person having control of transferable record is holder with same rights and defenses as holder of equivalent record. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B 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records will be created and retained. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-47">53-12-47</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Commissioner to promulgate rules for state agencies using electronic records and signatures. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-48">53-12-48</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Board of Regents to determine extent to which electronic records and signatures will be used. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-49">53-12-49</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Use of electronic records or signatures by government agencies not mandated. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=53-12-50">53-12-50</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Commissioner authorized to promote consistency and interoperability. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072090Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; 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normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072090SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072090SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-1"><span class="s2072090SENU">53-12-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072090SENU">. </span><span class="s2072090CL">Definition of terms.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000000"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Agreement," the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their language or inferred from other circumstances and from rules and procedures given the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a particular transaction;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Automated transaction," a transaction conducted or performed, in whole or in part, by electronic means or electronic records, in which the acts or records of one or both parties are not reviewed by an individual in the ordinary course in forming a contract, performing under an existing contract, or fulfilling an obligation required by the transaction;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Blockchain technology," technology that uses a distributed, shared, and replicated ledger, either public or private, with or without permission, or driven with or without tokenized crypto economics where the data on the ledger is protected with cryptography and is immutable and auditable;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Computer program," a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in an information processing system in order to bring about a certain result;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Contract," the total legal obligation resulting from the parties' agreement as affected by this chapter and other applicable law;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Electronic," any technology, including blockchain technology, using electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    "Electronic agent," a computer program or an electronic or other automated means used independently to initiate an action or respond to electronic records or performances in whole or in part, without review or action by an individual;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    "Electronic record," a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means. The term includes a record that is secured through blockchain technology;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    "Electronic signature," an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. The term includes a signature that is secured through blockchain technology;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    "Governmental agency," an executive, legislative, or judicial agency, department, board, commission, authority, institution, or instrumentality of the federal government or of a state or of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of a state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(11)    "Information," data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer programs, software, databases, or the like;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(12)    "Information processing system," an electronic system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying, or processing information;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(13)    "Person," an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(14)    "Record," information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(15)    "Security procedure," a procedure employed for the purpose of verifying that an electronic signature, record, or performance is that of a specific person or for detecting changes or errors in the information in an electronic record. The term includes a procedure that requires the use of algorithms or other codes, identifying words or numbers, encryption, or callback or other acknowledgment procedures;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(16)    "State," a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes an Indian tribe or band, or Alaskan native village, which is recognized by federal law or formally acknowledged by a state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal-000001"><span class="s2072090DefaultParagraphFont">(17)    "Transaction," an action or set of actions occurring between two or more persons relating to the conduct of business, commercial, or governmental affairs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072090000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072090Normal"><span class="s2072090SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072090SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 1; SL 2019, ch 207, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072091Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072091SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072091CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072091Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072091DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072091000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072091SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072091SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072091Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-2"><span class="s2072091SENU">53-12-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072091SENU">. </span><span class="s2072091CL">Transactions governed by chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072091Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072091DefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-3"><span class="s2072091DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-3</span></a><span class="s2072091DefaultParagraphFont">, this chapter applies to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072091Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072091000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072091Normal"><span class="s2072091SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072091SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072092Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072092SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072092CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072092Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072092DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072092Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072092000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072092SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072092SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072092Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-3"><span class="s2072092SENU">53-12-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072092SENU">. </span><span class="s2072092CL">Transactions not governed by chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072092Normal-000000"><span class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">This chapter does not apply to a transaction to the extent it is governed by:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072092Normal-000001"><span class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The Uniform Probate Code or other law governing the creation and execution of wills, codicils, or testamentary trusts;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072092Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The Uniform Commercial Code other than §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=57A-1-107"><span class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">57A-1-107</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=57A-1-206"><span class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">57A-1-206</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">, and chapters </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=57A-2"><span class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">57A-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=57A-2A"><span class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">57A-2A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">, and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=57A-9"><span class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">57A-9</span></a><span class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072092Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Transactions under chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-6"><span class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont">15-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072092DefaultParagraphFont"> or other transactions involving the Unified Judicial System.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072092Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072092000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072092Normal"><span class="s2072092SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072092SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072093Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072093SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072093CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072093Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072093DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072093000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072093SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072093SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072093Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-4"><span class="s2072093SENU">53-12-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072093SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072093CL">Transactions excluded under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-3"><span class="s2072093CL">53-12-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072093CL"> that may be governed by chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072093Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072093DefaultParagraphFont">This chapter applies to an electronic record or electronic signature otherwise excluded from the application of this chapter under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-3"><span class="s2072093DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072093DefaultParagraphFont"> to the extent it is governed by a law other than those specified in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-3"><span class="s2072093DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-3</span></a><span class="s2072093DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072093Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072093000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072093Normal"><span class="s2072093SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072093SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072094Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072094SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072094CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072094Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072094DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072094000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072094SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072094SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072094Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-5"><span class="s2072094SENU">53-12-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072094SENU">. </span><span class="s2072094CL">Transactions subject to chapter also subject to other applicable law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072094Normal-000000"><span class="s2072094DefaultParagraphFont">A transaction subject to this chapter is also subject to other applicable substantive law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072094Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072094000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072094Normal"><span class="s2072094SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072094SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072095Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072095SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072095CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072095Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072095DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072095000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072095SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072095SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072095Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-6"><span class="s2072095SENU">53-12-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072095SENU">. </span><span class="s2072095CL">Application of chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072095Normal-000000"><span class="s2072095DefaultParagraphFont">This chapter applies to any electronic record or electronic signature created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored on or after July 1, 2000.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072095Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072095000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072095Normal"><span class="s2072095SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072095SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072096Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072096SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072096CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072096Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072096DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072096000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072096SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072096SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072096Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-7"><span class="s2072096SENU">53-12-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072096SENU">. </span><span class="s2072096CL">Electronic record or signature not mandated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072096Normal-000000"><span class="s2072096DefaultParagraphFont">This chapter does not require a record or signature to be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, stored, or otherwise processed or used by electronic means or in electronic form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072096Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072096000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072096Normal"><span class="s2072096SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072096SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072097Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072097SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072097CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072097Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072097DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072097000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072097SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072097SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072097Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-8"><span class="s2072097SENU">53-12-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072097SENU">. </span><span class="s2072097CL">Application solely to transactions between parties agreeing to electronic transaction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072097Normal-000000"><span class="s2072097DefaultParagraphFont">This chapter applies only to transactions between parties each of which has agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means. Whether the parties agree to conduct a transaction by electronic means is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances, including the parties' conduct.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072097Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072097000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072097Normal"><span class="s2072097SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072097SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 8.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072098Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072098SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072098CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072098Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072098DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072098000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072098SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072098SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072098Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-9"><span class="s2072098SENU">53-12-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072098SENU">. </span><span class="s2072098CL">Party agreeing to one electronic transaction may refuse others--Right not waivable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072098Normal-000000"><span class="s2072098DefaultParagraphFont">A party that agrees to conduct a transaction by electronic means may refuse to conduct other transactions by electronic means. The right granted by this section may not be waived by agreement.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072098Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072098000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072098Normal"><span class="s2072098SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072098SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 9.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072099Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072099SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072099CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072099Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072099DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072099000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072099SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072099SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072099Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-10"><span class="s2072099SENU">53-12-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072099SENU">. </span><span class="s2072099CL">Provisions of chapter may be varied by agreement except as otherwise provided.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072099Normal-000000"><span class="s2072099DefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the effect of any of its provisions may be varied by agreement. The presence in certain provisions of this chapter of the words "unless otherwise agreed," or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072099Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072099000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072099Normal"><span class="s2072099SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072099SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 10.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072100Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072100SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072100CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072100Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072100DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072100000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072100SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072100SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072100Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-11"><span class="s2072100SENU">53-12-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072100SENU">. </span><span class="s2072100CL">Determination of legal consequences of electronic records or signatures.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072100Normal-000000"><span class="s2072100DefaultParagraphFont">Whether an electronic record or electronic signature has legal consequences is determined by this chapter and other applicable law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072100Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072100000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072100Normal"><span class="s2072100SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072100SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 11.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072101Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072101SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072101CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072101Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072101DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072101Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072101000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072101SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072101SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072101Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-12"><span class="s2072101SENU">53-12-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072101SENU">. </span><span class="s2072101CL">Construction of chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072101Normal-000000"><span class="s2072101DefaultParagraphFont">This chapter shall be construed and applied:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072101Normal-000001"><span class="s2072101DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    To facilitate electronic transactions consistent with other applicable law;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072101Normal-000001"><span class="s2072101DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    To be consistent with reasonable practices concerning electronic transactions and with the continued expansion of those practices; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072101Normal-000001"><span class="s2072101DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    To effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072101Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072101000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072101Normal"><span class="s2072101SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072101SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 12.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072102Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072102SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072102CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072102Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072102DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072102000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072102SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072102SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072102Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-13"><span class="s2072102SENU">53-12-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072102SENU">. </span><span class="s2072102CL">Electronic form of record or signature not grounds for denying its legal effect.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072102Normal-000000"><span class="s2072102DefaultParagraphFont">No record or signature may be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072102Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072102000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072102Normal"><span class="s2072102SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072102SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 13.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072103Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072103SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072103CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072103Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072103DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072103000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072103SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072103SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072103Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-14"><span class="s2072103SENU">53-12-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072103SENU">. </span><span class="s2072103CL">Electronic record used in contract formation not grounds for denying contract.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072103Normal-000000"><span class="s2072103DefaultParagraphFont">No contract may be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072103Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072103000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072103Normal"><span class="s2072103SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072103SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 14.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072104Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072104SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072104CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072104Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072104DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072104000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072104SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072104SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072104Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-15"><span class="s2072104SENU">53-12-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072104SENU">. </span><span class="s2072104CL">Electronic record satisfies requirement of a writing.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072104Normal-000000"><span class="s2072104DefaultParagraphFont">If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072104Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072104000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072104Normal"><span class="s2072104SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072104SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 15.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072105Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072105SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072105CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072105Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072105DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072105000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072105SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072105SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072105Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-16"><span class="s2072105SENU">53-12-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072105SENU">. </span><span class="s2072105CL">Electronic signature satisfies requirement of a signature.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072105Normal-000000"><span class="s2072105DefaultParagraphFont">If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072105Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072105000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072105Normal"><span class="s2072105SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072105SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 16.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072106Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072106SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072106CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072106Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072106DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072106000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072106SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072106SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072106Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-17"><span class="s2072106SENU">53-12-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072106SENU">. </span><span class="s2072106CL">Requirement of writing satisfied by sending of electronic record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072106Normal-000000"><span class="s2072106DefaultParagraphFont">If parties have agreed to conduct a transaction by electronic means and a law requires a person to provide, send, or deliver information in writing to another person, the requirement is satisfied if the information is provided, sent, or delivered, as the case may be, in an electronic record capable of retention by the recipient at the time of receipt. An electronic record is not capable of retention by the recipient if the sender or its information processing system inhibits the ability of the recipient to print or store the electronic record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072106Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072106000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072106Normal"><span class="s2072106SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072106SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 17.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072107Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072107SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072107CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072107Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072107DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072107Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072107000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072107SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072107SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072107Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-18"><span class="s2072107SENU">53-12-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072107SENU">. </span><span class="s2072107CL">Requirement that record be posted, transmitted or formatted in certain manner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072107Normal-000000"><span class="s2072107DefaultParagraphFont">If a law other than this chapter requires a record to be posted or displayed in a certain manner; to be sent, communicated, or transmitted by a specified method; or to contain information that is formatted in a certain manner; the following rules apply:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072107Normal-000001"><span class="s2072107DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The record shall be posted or displayed in the manner specified in the other law;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072107Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072107DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Except as otherwise provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-20"><span class="s2072107DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-20</span></a><span class="s2072107DefaultParagraphFont">, the record shall be sent, communicated, or transmitted by the method specified in the other law;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072107Normal-000001"><span class="s2072107DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The record shall contain the information formatted in the manner specified in the other law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072107Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072107000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072107Normal"><span class="s2072107SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072107SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 18.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072108Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072108SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072108CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072108Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072108DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072108000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072108SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072108SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072108Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-19"><span class="s2072108SENU">53-12-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072108SENU">. </span><span class="s2072108CL">Electronic record not enforceable against recipient in certain situations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072108Normal-000000"><span class="s2072108DefaultParagraphFont">If a sender inhibits the ability of a recipient to store or print an electronic record, the electronic record is not enforceable against the recipient.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072108Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072108000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072108Normal"><span class="s2072108SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072108SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 19.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072109Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072109SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072109CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072109Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072109DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072109Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072109000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072109SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072109SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072109Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-20"><span class="s2072109SENU">53-12-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072109SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072109CL">Requirements of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-17"><span class="s2072109CL">53-12-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072109CL"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-19"><span class="s2072109CL">53-12-19</span></a><span class="s2072109CL">, inclusive, not to be varied by agreement--Exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072109Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072109DefaultParagraphFont">No requirement of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-17"><span class="s2072109DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072109DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-19"><span class="s2072109DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-19</span></a><span class="s2072109DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, may be varied by agreement, but:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072109Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072109DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    To the extent a law other than this chapter requires information to be provided, sent, or delivered in writing but permits that requirement to be varied by agreement, the requirement under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-17"><span class="s2072109DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072109DefaultParagraphFont"> that the information be in the form of an electronic record capable of retention may also be varied by agreement; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072109Normal-000001"><span class="s2072109DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A requirement under a law other than this chapter to send, communicate, or transmit a record by first class mail, may be varied by agreement to the extent permitted by the other law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072109Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072109000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072109Normal"><span class="s2072109SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072109SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 20.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072110Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072110SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072110CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072110Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072110DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072110000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072110SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072110SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072110Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-21"><span class="s2072110SENU">53-12-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072110SENU">. </span><span class="s2072110CL">Attributing electronic signature or record to person.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072110Normal-000000"><span class="s2072110DefaultParagraphFont">An electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person if it was the act of the person. The act of the person may be shown in any manner, including a showing of the efficacy of any security procedure applied to determine the person to which the electronic record or electronic signature was attributable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072110Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072110000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072110Normal"><span class="s2072110SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072110SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 21.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072111Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072111SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072111CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072111Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072111DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072111000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072111SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072111SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072111Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-22"><span class="s2072111SENU">53-12-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072111SENU">. </span><span class="s2072111CL">Effect of electronic record or signature to be determined from context.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072111Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072111DefaultParagraphFont">The effect of an electronic record or electronic signature attributed to a person under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-21"><span class="s2072111DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072111DefaultParagraphFont"> is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances at the time of its creation, execution, or adoption, including the parties' agreement, if any, and otherwise as provided by law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072111Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072111000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072111Normal"><span class="s2072111SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072111SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 22.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072112Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072112SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072112CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072112Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072112DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072112Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2072112Normal-000002 { margin-left: 1.14in; text-indent: -0.44in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072112000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072112SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072112SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072112Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-23"><span class="s2072112SENU">53-12-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072112SENU">. </span><span class="s2072112CL">Effect of change or error in electronic record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072112Normal-000000"><span class="s2072112DefaultParagraphFont">If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules apply:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072112Normal-000001"><span class="s2072112DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    If the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure, but the other party has not, and the nonconforming party would have detected the change or error had that party also conformed, the conforming party may avoid the effect of the changed or erroneous electronic record;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072112Normal-000001"><span class="s2072112DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    In an automated transaction involving an individual, the individual may avoid the effect of an electronic record that resulted from an error made by the individual in dealing with the electronic agent of another person if the electronic agent did not provide an opportunity for the prevention or correction of the error and, at the time the individual learns of the error, the individual:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072112Normal-000002"><span class="s2072112DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Promptly notifies the other person of the error and that the individual did not intend to be bound by the electronic record received by the other person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072112Normal-000002"><span class="s2072112DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Takes reasonable steps, including steps that conform to the other person's reasonable instructions, to return to the other person or, if instructed by the other person, to destroy the consideration received, if any, as a result of the erroneous electronic record; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072112Normal-000002"><span class="s2072112DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Has not used or received any benefit or value from the consideration, if any, received from the other person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072112Normal-000001"><span class="s2072112DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    If neither subdivision (1) nor (2) of this section applies, the change or error has the effect provided by other law, including the law of mistake, and the parties' contract, if any;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072112Normal-000001"><span class="s2072112DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Subdivisions (2) and (3) of this section may not be varied by agreement.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072112Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072112000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072112Normal"><span class="s2072112SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072112SCL-000004"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 23.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072113Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072113SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072113CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072113Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072113DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072113000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072113SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072113SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072113Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-24"><span class="s2072113SENU">53-12-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072113SENU">. </span><span class="s2072113CL">Notarization of electronic signature.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072113Normal-000000"><span class="s2072113DefaultParagraphFont">If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform those acts, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the signature or record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072113Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072113000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072113Normal"><span class="s2072113SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072113SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 24.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072114Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072114SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072114CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072114Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072114DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072114Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072114000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072114SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072114SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072114Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-25"><span class="s2072114SENU">53-12-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072114SENU">. </span><span class="s2072114CL">Satisfying requirement that record be retained.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072114Normal-000000"><span class="s2072114DefaultParagraphFont">If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record of the information in the record which:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072114Normal-000001"><span class="s2072114DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Accurately reflects the information set forth in the record after it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or otherwise; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072114Normal-000001"><span class="s2072114DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Remains accessible for later reference.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072114Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072114000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072114Normal"><span class="s2072114SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072114SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 25.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072115Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072115SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072115CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072115Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072115DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072115000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072115SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072115SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072115Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-26"><span class="s2072115SENU">53-12-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072115SENU">. </span><span class="s2072115CL">Requirement that record be retained does not apply to certain information.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072115Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072115DefaultParagraphFont">A requirement to retain a record in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-25"><span class="s2072115DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072115DefaultParagraphFont"> does not apply to any information the sole purpose of which is to enable the record to be sent, communicated, or received.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072115Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072115000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072115Normal"><span class="s2072115SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072115SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 26.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072116Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072116SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072116CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072116Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072116DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072116000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072116SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072116SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072116Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-27"><span class="s2072116SENU">53-12-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072116SENU">. </span><span class="s2072116CL">Services of another person for retention of records authorized.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072116Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072116DefaultParagraphFont">A person may satisfy § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-25"><span class="s2072116DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072116DefaultParagraphFont"> by using the services of another person if the requirements of that subsection are satisfied.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072116Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072116000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072116Normal"><span class="s2072116SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072116SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 27.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072117Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072117SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072117CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072117Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072117DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072117000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072117SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072117SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072117Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-28"><span class="s2072117SENU">53-12-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072117SENU">. </span><span class="s2072117CL">Retention of record in its original form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072117Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072117DefaultParagraphFont">If a law requires a record to be presented or retained in its original form, or provides consequences if the record is not presented or retained in its original form, that law is satisfied by an electronic record retained in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-25"><span class="s2072117DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-25</span></a><span class="s2072117DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072117Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072117000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072117Normal"><span class="s2072117SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072117SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 28.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072118Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072118SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072118CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072118Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072118DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072118000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072118SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072118SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072118Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-29"><span class="s2072118SENU">53-12-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072118SENU">. </span><span class="s2072118CL">Retention of check.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072118Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072118DefaultParagraphFont">If a law requires retention of a check, that requirement is satisfied by retention of an electronic record of the information on the front and back of the check in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-25"><span class="s2072118DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-25</span></a><span class="s2072118DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072118Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072118000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072118Normal"><span class="s2072118SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072118SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 29.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072119Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072119SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072119CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072119Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072119DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072119000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072119SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072119SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072119Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-30"><span class="s2072119SENU">53-12-30</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072119SENU">. </span><span class="s2072119CL">Retention of record for evidentiary, audit, or like purposes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072119Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072119DefaultParagraphFont">A record retained as an electronic record in accordance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-25"><span class="s2072119DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072119DefaultParagraphFont"> satisfies a law requiring a person to retain a record for evidentiary, audit, or like purposes, unless a law enacted after July 1, 2000, specifically prohibits the use of an electronic record for the specified purpose. This section does not preclude a governmental agency of this state from specifying additional requirements for the retention of a record subject to the agency's jurisdiction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072119Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072119000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072119Normal"><span class="s2072119SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072119SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 30.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072120Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072120SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072120CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072120Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072120DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072120000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072120SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072120SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072120Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-31"><span class="s2072120SENU">53-12-31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072120SENU">. </span><span class="s2072120CL">Electronic form of record or signature not grounds for exclusion.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072120Normal-000000"><span class="s2072120DefaultParagraphFont">In a proceeding, no evidence of a record or signature may be excluded solely because it is in electronic form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072120Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072120000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072120Normal"><span class="s2072120SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072120SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 31.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072121Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072121SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072121CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072121Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072121DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072121Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072121000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072121SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072121SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072121Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-32"><span class="s2072121SENU">53-12-32</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072121SENU">. </span><span class="s2072121CL">Formation and terms of contract in automated transaction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072121Normal-000000"><span class="s2072121DefaultParagraphFont">In an automated transaction, the following rules apply:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072121Normal-000001"><span class="s2072121DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the electronic agents' actions or the resulting terms and agreements;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072121Normal-000001"><span class="s2072121DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual, acting on the individual's own behalf or for another person, including by an interaction in which the individual performs actions that the individual is free to refuse to perform and which the individual knows or has reason to know will cause the electronic agent to complete the transaction or performance;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072121Normal-000001"><span class="s2072121DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The terms of the contract are determined by the substantive law applicable to it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072121Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072121000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072121Normal"><span class="s2072121SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072121SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 32.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072122Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072122SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072122CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072122Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072122DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072122Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072122000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072122SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072122SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072122Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-33"><span class="s2072122SENU">53-12-33</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072122SENU">. </span><span class="s2072122CL">Time that electronic record is sent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072122Normal-000000"><span class="s2072122DefaultParagraphFont">Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when it:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072122Normal-000001"><span class="s2072122DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072122Normal-000001"><span class="s2072122DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Is in a form capable of being processed by that system; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072122Normal-000001"><span class="s2072122DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Enters an information processing system outside the control of the sender or of a person that sent the electronic record on behalf of the sender or enters a region of the information processing system designated or used by the recipient which is under the control of the recipient.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072122Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072122000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072122Normal"><span class="s2072122SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072122SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 33.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072123Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072123SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072123CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072123Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072123DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072123Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072123000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072123SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072123SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072123Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-34"><span class="s2072123SENU">53-12-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072123SENU">. </span><span class="s2072123CL">Time that electronic record is received.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072123Normal-000000"><span class="s2072123DefaultParagraphFont">Unless otherwise agreed between a sender and the recipient, an electronic record is received when:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072123Normal-000001"><span class="s2072123DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    It enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072123Normal-000001"><span class="s2072123DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    It is in a form capable of being processed by that system.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072123Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072123000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072123Normal"><span class="s2072123SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072123SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 34.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072124Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072124SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072124CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072124Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072124DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072124000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072124SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072124SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072124Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-35"><span class="s2072124SENU">53-12-35</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072124SENU">. </span><span class="s2072124CL">Location of information processing system irrelevant.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072124Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072124DefaultParagraphFont">Section </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-34"><span class="s2072124DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072124DefaultParagraphFont"> applies even if the place the information processing system is located is different from the place the electronic record is deemed to be received under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-36"><span class="s2072124DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-36</span></a><span class="s2072124DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072124Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072124000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072124Normal"><span class="s2072124SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072124SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 35.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072125Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072125SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072125CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072125Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072125DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072125Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072125000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072125SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072125SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072125Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-36"><span class="s2072125SENU">53-12-36</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072125SENU">. </span><span class="s2072125CL">Place that electronic record is sent from and received.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072125Normal-000000"><span class="s2072125DefaultParagraphFont">Unless otherwise expressly provided in the electronic record or agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is deemed to be sent from the sender's place of business and to be received at the recipient's place of business. For purposes of this section, the following rules apply:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072125Normal-000001"><span class="s2072125DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    If the sender or recipient has more than one place of business, the place of business of that person is the place having the closest relationship to the underlying transaction;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072125Normal-000001"><span class="s2072125DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If the sender or the recipient does not have a place of business, the place of business is the sender's or recipient's residence, as the case may be.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072125Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072125000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072125Normal"><span class="s2072125SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072125SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 36.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072126Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072126SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072126CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072126Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072126DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072126000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072126SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072126SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072126Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-37"><span class="s2072126SENU">53-12-37</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072126SENU">. </span><span class="s2072126CL">Individual need not be aware of receipt.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072126Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072126DefaultParagraphFont">An electronic record is received under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-34"><span class="s2072126DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072126DefaultParagraphFont"> even if no individual is aware of its receipt.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072126Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072126000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072126Normal"><span class="s2072126SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072126SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 37.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072127Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072127SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072127CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072127Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072127DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072127000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072127SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072127SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072127Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-38"><span class="s2072127SENU">53-12-38</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072127SENU">. </span><span class="s2072127CL">Effect of electronic acknowledgment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072127Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072127DefaultParagraphFont">Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from an information processing system described in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-34"><span class="s2072127DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-34</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072127DefaultParagraphFont"> establishes that a record was received but, by itself, does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072127Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072127000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072127Normal"><span class="s2072127SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072127SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 38.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072128Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072128SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072128CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072128Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072128DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072128000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072128SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072128SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072128Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-39"><span class="s2072128SENU">53-12-39</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072128SENU">. </span><span class="s2072128CL">Effect of actual knowledge that electronic record purportedly sent or received was not sent or received.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072128Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072128DefaultParagraphFont">If a person is aware that an electronic record purportedly sent under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-33"><span class="s2072128DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-33</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072128DefaultParagraphFont">, or purportedly received under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-34"><span class="s2072128DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-34</span></a><span class="s2072128DefaultParagraphFont">, was not actually sent or received, the legal effect of the sending or receipt is determined by other applicable law. Except to the extent permitted by the other law, the requirements of this section may not be varied by agreement.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072128Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072128000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072128Normal"><span class="s2072128SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072128SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 39.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072129Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072129SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072129CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072129Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072129DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072129Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072129000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072129SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072129SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072129Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-40"><span class="s2072129SENU">53-12-40</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072129SENU">. </span><span class="s2072129CL">"Transferable record" defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072129Normal-000000"><span class="s2072129DefaultParagraphFont">For purposes of this chapter, the term, transferable record, means an electronic record that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072129Normal-000001"><span class="s2072129DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Would be a note under Article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code or a document under Article 7 of the Uniform Commercial Code if the electronic record were in writing; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072129Normal-000001"><span class="s2072129DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The issuer of the electronic record expressly has agreed is a transferable record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072129Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072129000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072129Normal"><span class="s2072129SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072129SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 40.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072130Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072130SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072130CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072130Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072130DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072130000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072130SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072130SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072130Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-41"><span class="s2072130SENU">53-12-41</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072130SENU">. </span><span class="s2072130CL">Person having control of transferable record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072130Normal-000000"><span class="s2072130DefaultParagraphFont">A person has control of a transferable record if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the transferable record reliably establishes that person as the person to which the transferable record was issued or transferred.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072130Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072130000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072130Normal"><span class="s2072130SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072130SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 41.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072131Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072131SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072131CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072131Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072131DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072131Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2072131Normal-000002 { margin-left: 1.14in; text-indent: -0.44in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072131000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072131SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072131SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072131Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-42"><span class="s2072131SENU">53-12-42</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072131SENU">. </span><span class="s2072131CL">Requirements for creation, storage, and assignment of transferable record--Authoritative copy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072131Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072131DefaultParagraphFont">A system satisfies § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-41"><span class="s2072131DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-41</span></a><span class="s2072131DefaultParagraphFont">, and a person is deemed to have control of a transferable record, if the transferable record is created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072131Normal-000001"><span class="s2072131DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    A single authoritative copy of the transferable record exists that is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (4), (5), and (6) of this section, unalterable;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072131Normal-000001"><span class="s2072131DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072131Normal-000002"><span class="s2072131DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    The person to which the transferable record was issued; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072131Normal-000002"><span class="s2072131DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    If the authoritative copy indicates that the transferable record has been transferred, the person to which the transferable record was most recently transferred;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072131Normal-000001"><span class="s2072131DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072131Normal-000001"><span class="s2072131DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Copies or revisions that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072131Normal-000001"><span class="s2072131DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072131Normal-000001"><span class="s2072131DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Any revision of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072131Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072131000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072131Normal"><span class="s2072131SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072131SCL-000004"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 42.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072132Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072132SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072132CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072132Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072132DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072132000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072132SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072132SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072132Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-43"><span class="s2072132SENU">53-12-43</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072132SENU">. </span><span class="s2072132CL">Person having control of transferable record is holder with same rights and defenses as holder of equivalent record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072132Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072132DefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise agreed, a person having control of a transferable record is the holder, as defined in subdivision 57A-1-201(20), of the transferable record and has the same rights and defenses as a holder of an equivalent record or writing under the Uniform Commercial Code, including, if the applicable statutory requirements under § 57A-3-302(a), </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=57A-7-501"><span class="s2072132DefaultParagraphFont">57A-7-501</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072132DefaultParagraphFont">, or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=57A-9-308"><span class="s2072132DefaultParagraphFont">57A-9-308</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072132DefaultParagraphFont"> are satisfied, the rights and defenses of a holder in due course, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated, or a purchaser, respectively. Delivery, possession, and indorsement are not required to obtain or exercise any of the rights under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072132Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072132000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072132Normal"><span class="s2072132SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072132SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 43.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072133Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072133SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072133CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072133Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072133DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072133000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072133SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072133SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072133Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-44"><span class="s2072133SENU">53-12-44</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072133SENU">. </span><span class="s2072133CL">Obligor under transferable record has same rights and defenses as obligor under equivalent records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072133Normal-000000"><span class="s2072133DefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise agreed, an obligor under a transferable record has the same rights and defenses as an equivalent obligor under equivalent records or writings under the Uniform Commercial Code.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072133Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072133000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072133Normal"><span class="s2072133SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072133SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 44.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072134Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072134SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072134CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072134Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072134DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072134000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072134SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072134SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072134Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-45"><span class="s2072134SENU">53-12-45</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072134SENU">. </span><span class="s2072134CL">Proof of control of transferable record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072134Normal-000000"><span class="s2072134DefaultParagraphFont">If requested by a person against which enforcement is sought, the person seeking to enforce the transferable record shall provide reasonable proof that the person is in control of the transferable record. Proof may include access to the authoritative copy of the transferable record and related business records sufficient to review the terms of the transferable record and to establish the identity of the person having control of the transferable record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072134Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072134000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072134Normal"><span class="s2072134SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072134SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 45.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072135Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072135SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072135CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072135Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072135DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072135000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072135SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072135SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072135Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-46"><span class="s2072135SENU">53-12-46</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072135SENU">. </span><span class="s2072135CL">Government agencies to determine extent to which electronic records will be created and retained.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072135Normal-000000"><span class="s2072135DefaultParagraphFont">Each governmental agency shall determine whether, and the extent to which, it will create and retain electronic records and convert written records to electronic records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072135Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072135000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072135Normal"><span class="s2072135SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072135SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 46.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072136Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072136SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072136CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072136Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072136DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072136Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2072136000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072136SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072136SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072136Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-47"><span class="s2072136SENU">53-12-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072136SENU">. </span><span class="s2072136CL">Commissioner to promulgate rules for state agencies using electronic records and signatures.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072136Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072136DefaultParagraphFont">To the extent that a governmental agency uses electronic records and electronic signatures under this chapter, the commissioner of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=1-26"><span class="s2072136DefaultParagraphFont">1-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072136DefaultParagraphFont"> to specify for state agencies:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072136Normal-000001"><span class="s2072136DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The manner and format in which the electronic records shall be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, and stored and the systems established for those purposes;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072136Normal-000001"><span class="s2072136DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If electronic records must be signed by electronic means, the type of electronic signature required, the manner and format in which the electronic signature must be affixed to the electronic record, and the identity of, or criteria that must be met by, any third party used by a person filing a document to facilitate the process;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072136Normal-000001"><span class="s2072136DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Control processes and procedures as appropriate to ensure adequate preservation, disposition, integrity, security, confidentiality, and auditability of electronic records; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072136Normal-000001"><span class="s2072136DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Any other required attributes for electronic records which are specified for corresponding nonelectronic records or reasonably necessary under the circumstances.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072136Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072136000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072136Normal"><span class="s2072136SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072136SCL-000003"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 47.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072137Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072137SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072137CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072137Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072137DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072137000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072137SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072137SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072137Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-48"><span class="s2072137SENU">53-12-48</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072137SENU">. </span><span class="s2072137CL">Board of Regents to determine extent to which electronic records and signatures will be used.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072137Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont">With respect to records under its control, and except as otherwise provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-30"><span class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-30</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont">, the Board of Regents shall determine whether, and the extent to which, the board and the institutions under the board's control shall send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures. In administering such records, the board may exercise those powers specified in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-47"><span class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-50"><span class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-50</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont">. However, any public records as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=13-49-31"><span class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont">13-49-31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont"> that the board elects to maintain in electronic form shall be accessible to the public in conformity with the rules the commissioner of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications promulgates pursuant to §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-47"><span class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-47</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-50"><span class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-50</span></a><span class="s2072137DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072137Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072137000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072137Normal"><span class="s2072137SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072137SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 48.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072138Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072138SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072138CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072138Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072138DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072138000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072138SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072138SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072138Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-49"><span class="s2072138SENU">53-12-49</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072138SENU">. </span><span class="s2072138CL">Use of electronic records or signatures by government agencies not mandated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072138Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072138DefaultParagraphFont">Except as otherwise provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-30"><span class="s2072138DefaultParagraphFont">53-12-30</span></a><span class="s2072138DefaultParagraphFont">, this chapter does not require a governmental agency to use or permit the use of electronic records or electronic signatures.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072138Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072138000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072138Normal"><span class="s2072138SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072138SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 49.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 53 - CONTRACTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2072139Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072139SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072139CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2072139Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2072139DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072139000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072139SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2072139SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2072139Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=53-12-50"><span class="s2072139SENU">53-12-50</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072139SENU">. </span><span class="s2072139CL">Commissioner authorized to promote consistency and interoperability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072139Normal-000000"><span class="s2072139DefaultParagraphFont">The commissioner of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications may encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other governmental agencies of this and other states and the federal government and nongovernmental persons interacting with governmental agencies of this state . If appropriate, those standards may specify differing levels of standards from which governmental agencies of this state may choose in implementing the most appropriate standard for a particular application.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072139Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072139000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2072139Normal"><span class="s2072139SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2072139SCL-000002"> SL 2000, ch 225, § 50.</span></p></div></body></html>