<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 57A-2A-106 - Limitation on power of parties to consumer lease to choose applicable law and judicial forum. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2073287Normal { 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.s2073287SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2073287CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2073287Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 1.50in; text-indent: -1.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-right: 0; } span.s2073287DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2073287Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-right: 0; } span.s2073287000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2073287SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2073287SCL-000003 { 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="s2073287Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=57A-2A-106"><span class="s2073287SENU">57A-2A-106</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2073287SENU">. </span><span class="s2073287CL">Limitation on power of parties to consumer lease to choose applicable law and judicial forum.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073287Normal-000000"><span class="s2073287DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    If the law chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is that of a jurisdiction other than a jurisdiction in which the lessee resides at the time the lease agreement becomes enforceable or within thirty days thereafter, in which the goods are to be used, or in which the lease is executed by the lessee, the choice is not enforceable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073287Normal-000001"><span class="s2073287DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If the judicial forum chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is a forum that would not otherwise have jurisdiction over the lessee, the choice is not enforceable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073287Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2073287000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073287Normal"><span class="s2073287SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2073287SCL-000003"> SL 1989, ch 419, § 1; SL 1990, ch 390, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>