<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 59-12-17 - Agent's resignation--Notice.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078748Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2078748SENU { font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078748CL { font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078748DefaultParagraphFont { font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078748StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2078748StatuteNumber2 { margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } a.s2078748000000 { text-decoration: none; } span.s2078748000001 { font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078748NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2078748DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078748SCL { font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078748Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-12-17"><span class="s2078748SENU">59-12-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078748SENU">. </span><span class="s2078748CL">Agent's resignation--Notice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078748Normal"><span class="s2078748DefaultParagraphFont">Unless otherwise provided in the power of attorney, an agent may resign by giving notice to the principal and, if the principal is incapacitated, to the guardian, if any, and any co-agent or successor agent, or to:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078748StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078748DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The principal's caregiver; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078748StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078748DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If there is no principal caregiver, to:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078748StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2078748DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Another person reasonably believed by the agent to have sufficient interest in the principal's welfare; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078748StatuteNumber2"><a id="_pagenumber11" class="s2078748000000"></a><span class="s2078748DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    A governmental agency having authority to protect the welfare of the principal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078748Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078748000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078748NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078748DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s2078748SCL">SL 2020, ch 214, § 17.</span></p></div></body></html>