<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 20-15-5 - Remedy--Civil Action.</title> <meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /> <style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.pt-Normal { 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.pt-SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.pt-CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.pt-Statute { 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.pt-DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.pt-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.pt-NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; 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.pt-DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.pt-SCL { 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="pt-Normal"> <a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=20-15-5"> <span class="pt-SENU">20-15-5</span> </a> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-SENU">. </span> <span class="pt-CL">Remedy--Civil Action.</span> </p> <p dir="ltr" class="pt-Statute"> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">If a property owner, agent, or responsible party of the property where the alleged accessibility law violation occurred responds in the manner described in subdivision </span> <a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=20-15-4"> <span class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">20-15-4</span> </a> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">(2), the property owner, agent, or responsible party shall have thirty days to remedy the alleged violation. The thirty-day period shall begin on the date the alleged aggrieved party receives the response described in § </span> <a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=20-15-4"> <span class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">20-15-4</span> </a> <span class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">. The owner, agent, or other responsible party may extend the thirty-day period by not more than thirty days upon providing a reasonable explanation as to why the improvement requires more than thirty days to complete. Reasonable explanations include demonstrated need for extension, such as construction and permitting related issues.</span> </p> <p dir="ltr" class="pt-Statute"> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">If the property owner, agent, or other responsible party of the property where the alleged accessibility law violation occurred responds in the manner described in division subdivision </span> <a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=20-15-4"> <span class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">20-15-4</span> </a> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">(1) and makes the improvements to bring the property into compliance with applicable accessibility laws within the thirty-day period described in this section or provides a reasonable explanation as to why those improvements are not completed, the response as described in subdivision </span> <a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=20-15-4"> <span class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">20-15-4</span> </a> <span class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">(1) may not be considered an admission of guilt and is inadmissible as evidence in any future actions based on the same facts filed against the property owner, agent, or other responsible party.</span> </p> <p dir="ltr" class="pt-Statute"> <span class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont">If the property owner, agent, or other responsible party of the property where the alleged accessibility law violation occurred fails to make the improvements to bring the property into compliance with applicable accessibility laws within the thirty-day period described in this section and, in the opinion of the aggrieved party, fails to provide a reasonable explanation as to why those improvements are not completed, the alleged aggrieved party may file a civil action for accessibility law violation against that property owner, agent, or other responsible party.</span> </p> <p dir="ltr" class="pt-Normal"> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-000000"> </span> </p> <p dir="ltr" class="pt-NoIndent"> <span xml:space="preserve" class="pt-DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span> <span class="pt-SCL">SL 2020, ch 72, § 5.</span> </p> </div> </body> </html>