<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-215 - Cumulation and conflict of warranties express or implied. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2073305Normal { 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.s2073305SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2073305CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2073305Normal-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.s2073305DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2073305Normal-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.s2073305000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2073305SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2073305SCL-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="s2073305Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=57A-2A-215"><span class="s2073305SENU">57A-2A-215</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2073305SENU">. </span><span class="s2073305CL">Cumulation and conflict of warranties express or implied.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073305Normal-000000"><span class="s2073305DefaultParagraphFont">Warranties, whether express or implied, must be construed as consistent with each other and as cumulative, but if that construction is unreasonable, the intention of the parties determines which warranty is dominant. In ascertaining that intention the following rules apply:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073305Normal-000001"><span class="s2073305DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Exact or technical specifications displace an inconsistent sample or model or general language of description.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073305Normal-000001"><span class="s2073305DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    A sample from an existing bulk displaces inconsistent general language of description.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073305Normal-000001"><span class="s2073305DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Express warranties displace inconsistent implied warranties other than an implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073305Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2073305000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2073305Normal"><span class="s2073305SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2073305SCL-000003"> SL 1989, ch 419, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>