<HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY 43-2 OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 43-2 OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 43-2"> </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 43-2 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY <!-- 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=43-2-1">43-2-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Ownership 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=43-2-2">43-2-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Property and rights subject to ownership. <!-- 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=43-2-3">43-2-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Wild animals subject to ownership. <!-- 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=43-2-4">43-2-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Absolute or qualified ownership of property. <!-- 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=43-2-5">43-2-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Absolute ownership of property 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=43-2-6">43-2-6</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Qualified ownership of property 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=43-2-7">43-2-7</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Public or private ownership of property--State as private proprietor. <!-- 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=43-2-8">43-2-8</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Property owned by state. <!-- 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=43-2-9">43-2-9</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Right of individual to take, hold, and dispose of property. <!-- 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=43-2-10">43-2-10</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Sole ownership of property. 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HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-2-17">43-2-17</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Interest created in several persons in their own right as interest in common.<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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064927Normal { 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.s2064927SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064927CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; 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class="s2064927SENU">43-2-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064927SENU">. </span><span class="s2064927CL">Ownership defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064927Normal-000000"><span class="s2064927DefaultParagraphFont">The ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064927Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064927000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064927Normal"><span class="s2064927SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064927SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 159; CL 1887, § 2675; RCivC 1903, § 182; RC 1919, § 252; SDC 1939, § 51.0201.</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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: 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Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064928SCL-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="s2064928Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-2"><span class="s2064928SENU">43-2-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064928SENU">. </span><span class="s2064928CL">Property and rights subject to ownership.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064928Normal-000000"><span class="s2064928DefaultParagraphFont">There may be ownership of all inanimate things which are capable of appropriation or of manual delivery; of all domestic animals; of all obligations; of such products of labor or skill as the composition of an author, the good will of a business, computer programs, trade marks, service marks, marks and signs, and of rights created or granted by statute.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064928Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064928000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064928Normal"><span class="s2064928SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064928SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 160; CL 1887, § 2676; RCivC 1903, § 183; RC 1919, § 253; SDC 1939, § 51.0201; SL 1980, ch 264, § 21; SL 1982, ch 300, § 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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064929Normal { 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.s2064929SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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</style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2064929Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-3"><span class="s2064929SENU">43-2-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064929SENU">. </span><span class="s2064929CL">Wild animals subject to ownership.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064929Normal-000000"><span class="s2064929DefaultParagraphFont">Animals, wild by nature, are the subjects of ownership when tamed or taken and held in possession, or disabled and immediately pursued.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064929Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064929000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064929Normal"><span class="s2064929SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064929SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 161; CL 1887, § 2677; RCivC 1903, § 184; RC 1919, § 254; SDC 1939, § 51.0201.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta 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class="s2064930CL">Absolute or qualified ownership of property.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064930Normal-000000"><span class="s2064930DefaultParagraphFont">The ownership of property is either:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064930Normal-000001"><span class="s2064930DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Absolute; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064930Normal-000001"><span class="s2064930DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Qualified.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064930Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064930000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064930Normal"><span class="s2064930SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064930SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 171; CL 1887, § 2687; RCivC 1903, § 194; RC 1919, § 264; SDC 1939, § 51.0207.</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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta 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class="s2064931Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064931000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064931Normal"><span class="s2064931SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064931SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 172; CL 1887, § 2688; RCivC 1903, § 195; RC 1919, § 265; SDC 1939, § 51.0208.</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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064932Normal { 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.s2064932SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064932CL { 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class="s2064932DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    When the use is restricted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064932Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064932000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064932Normal"><span class="s2064932SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064932SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 173; CL 1887, § 2689; RCivC 1903, § 196; RC 1919, § 266; SDC 1939, § 51.0209.</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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064933Normal { 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.s2064933SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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</style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2064933Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-7"><span class="s2064933SENU">43-2-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064933SENU">. </span><span class="s2064933CL">Public or private ownership of property--State as private proprietor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064933Normal-000000"><span class="s2064933DefaultParagraphFont">All property in this state has an owner, whether that owner is the United States or the state, and the property public; or the owner an individual, and the property private. The state may also hold property as a private proprietor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064933Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064933000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064933Normal"><span class="s2064933SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064933SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 168; CL 1887, § 2684; RCivC 1903, § 191; RC 1919, § 261; SDC 1939, § 51.0202.</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 - Codified Law 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064934Normal { 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.s2064934SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064934CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064934Normal-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.s2064934DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064934000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064934SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064934SCL-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="s2064934Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-8"><span class="s2064934SENU">43-2-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064934SENU">. </span><span class="s2064934CL">Property owned by state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064934Normal-000000"><span class="s2064934DefaultParagraphFont">The state is the owner of all property lawfully appropriated or dedicated to its own use, and of all property of which there is no other owner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064934Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064934000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064934Normal"><span class="s2064934SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064934SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 169; CL 1887, § 2685; RCivC 1903, § 192; RC 1919, § 262; SDC 1939, § 51.0204.</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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064935Normal { 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.s2064935SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064935CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064935Normal-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.s2064935DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064935000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064935SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064935SCL-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="s2064935Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-9"><span class="s2064935SENU">43-2-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064935SENU">. </span><span class="s2064935CL">Right of individual to take, hold, and dispose of property.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064935Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064935DefaultParagraphFont">Any person, whether citizen or alien, may take, hold, and dispose of property, real or personal, within this state, except as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2A-2"><span class="s2064935DefaultParagraphFont">43-2A-2</span></a><span class="s2064935DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064935Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064935000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064935Normal"><span class="s2064935SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064935SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 170; CL 1887, § 2686; SL 1890, ch 123; RCivC 1903, § 193; RC 1919, § 263; SDC 1939, § 51.0205; SL 1979, ch 291, § 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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064936Normal { 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.s2064936SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064936CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064936Normal-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.s2064936DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064936000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064936SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064936SCL-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="s2064936Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-10"><span class="s2064936SENU">43-2-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064936SENU">. </span><span class="s2064936CL">Sole ownership of property.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064936Normal-000000"><span class="s2064936DefaultParagraphFont">The ownership of property by a single person is designated as a sole or several ownership.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064936Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064936000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064936Normal"><span class="s2064936SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064936SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 174; CL 1887, § 2690; RCivC 1903, § 197; RC 1919, § 267; SDC 1939, § 51.0210.</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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064937Normal { 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.s2064937SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064937CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064937Normal-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.s2064937DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064937Normal-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.s2064937000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064937SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064937SCL-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="s2064937Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-11"><span class="s2064937SENU">43-2-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064937SENU">. </span><span class="s2064937CL">Ownership of property by several persons.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064937Normal-000000"><span class="s2064937DefaultParagraphFont">The ownership of property by several persons is either:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064937Normal-000001"><span class="s2064937DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Of joint interests;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064937Normal-000001"><span class="s2064937DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Of partnership interests; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064937Normal-000001"><span class="s2064937DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Of interests in common.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064937Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064937000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064937Normal"><span class="s2064937SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064937SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 175; CL 1887, § 2691; RCivC 1903, § 198; RC 1919, § 268; SDC 1939, § 51.0211.</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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064938Normal { 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.s2064938SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064938CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064938Normal-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.s2064938DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064938000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064938SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064938SCL-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="s2064938Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-12"><span class="s2064938SENU">43-2-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064938SENU">. </span><span class="s2064938CL">Joint tenancy interest--Title created by will or transfer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064938Normal-000000"><span class="s2064938DefaultParagraphFont">A joint tenancy interest is one owned by several persons in equal shares, by a title created by a single will or transfer, when expressly declared in the will or transfer to be a joint tenancy, or when granted or devised to personal representatives or trustees as joint tenants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064938Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064938000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064938Normal"><span class="s2064938SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064938SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 176; CL 1887, § 2692; RCivC 1903, § 199; RC 1919, § 269; SDC 1939, § 51.0212; SL 1951, ch 255; SL 1995, ch 167, § 188.</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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064939Normal { 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.s2064939SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064939CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064939Normal-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.s2064939DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064939000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064939SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064939SCL-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="s2064939Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-13"><span class="s2064939SENU">43-2-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064939SENU">. </span><span class="s2064939CL">Conveyance of interest in property to spouse--Joint tenancy created.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064939Normal-000000"><span class="s2064939DefaultParagraphFont">Any deed, transfer, or assignment of real or personal property from husband to wife or from wife to husband which conveys an interest in the grantor's lands or personal property and by its terms evinces an intent on the part of the grantor to create a joint tenancy between grantor and grantee shall be held and construed to create such joint tenancy, and any husband and wife who are grantor and grantee in any such deed, transfer, or assignment heretofore given shall hold the property described in such deed, transfer, or assignment as joint tenants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064939Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064939000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064939Normal"><span class="s2064939SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064939SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 51.0212 as added by SL 1951, ch 255.</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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064940Normal { 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.s2064940SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064940CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064940Normal-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.s2064940DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064940000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064940SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064940SCL-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="s2064940Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-14"><span class="s2064940SENU">43-2-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064940SENU">. </span><span class="s2064940CL">Conveyance to two or more grantees creating joint tenancy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064940Normal-000000"><span class="s2064940DefaultParagraphFont">Any deed, transfer, or assignment of real or personal property to two or more grantees, including any deed in which a grantor is also a grantee, which, by the method of describing such grantees or by the language of the granting habendum clause therein evinces an intent to create a joint tenancy in grantees shall be held and construed to create such joint tenancy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064940Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064940000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064940Normal"><span class="s2064940SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064940SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 51.0212 as added by SL 1951, ch 255.</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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064941Normal { 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.s2064941SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064941CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064941Normal-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.s2064941DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064941000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064941SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064941SCL-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="s2064941Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-15"><span class="s2064941SENU">43-2-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064941SENU">. </span><span class="s2064941CL">Partnership interest defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064941Normal-000000"><span class="s2064941DefaultParagraphFont">A partnership interest is one owned by several persons, in partnership, for partnership purposes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064941Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064941000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064941Normal"><span class="s2064941SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064941SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 177; CL 1887, § 2693; RCivC 1903, § 200; RC 1919, § 270; SDC 1939, § 51.0213.</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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064942Normal { 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.s2064942SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064942CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064942Normal-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.s2064942DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064942000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064942SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064942SCL-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="s2064942Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-16"><span class="s2064942SENU">43-2-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064942SENU">. </span><span class="s2064942CL">Interest in common defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064942Normal-000000"><span class="s2064942DefaultParagraphFont">An interest in common is one owned by several persons not in joint ownership or partnership.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064942Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064942000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064942Normal"><span class="s2064942SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064942SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 178; CL 1887, § 2694; RCivC 1903, § 201; RC 1919, § 271; SDC 1939, § 51.0214.</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 43-2 - OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2064943Normal { 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.s2064943SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064943CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2064943Normal-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.s2064943DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064943000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064943SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2064943SCL-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="s2064943Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-17"><span class="s2064943SENU">43-2-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064943SENU">. </span><span class="s2064943CL">Interest created in several persons in their own right as interest in common.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064943Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064943DefaultParagraphFont">Every interest created in favor of several persons in their own right is an interest in common, unless acquired by them in partnership, for partnership purposes, or unless declared in its creation to be a joint interest, as provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-12"><span class="s2064943DefaultParagraphFont">43-2-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064943DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-2-14"><span class="s2064943DefaultParagraphFont">43-2-14</span></a><span class="s2064943DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064943Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064943000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2064943Normal"><span class="s2064943SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2064943SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 179; CL 1887, § 2695; RCivC 1903, § 202; RC 1919, § 272; SDC 1939, § 51.0214.</span></p></div></body></html>