<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 59-6 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2080997Normal { text-align: center; 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.s2080997HG4 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080997DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080997HG4C { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2080997Normal-000000 { text-align: justify; 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class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont-000001"></span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080997B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-1"><span class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">59-6-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">    Rights and liabilities accruing to principal. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080997B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-2"><span class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">59-6-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">    Agent exceeding authority--Liability of principal. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080997B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-3"><span class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">59-6-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">    Principal bound by acts of agent under ostensible authority. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080997B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-4"><span class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">59-6-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">    Principal bound by agent's writings. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080997B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-5"><span class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">59-6-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">    Notice to agent or principal. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080997B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-6"><span class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">59-6-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">    Incomplete execution binding on principal. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080997B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-7"><span class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">59-6-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">    Exclusive credit given to agent--Exoneration of principal. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080997B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-8"><span class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">59-6-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">    Setoff by person dealing with agent without knowledge of agency. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080997B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-9"><span class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">59-6-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">    Responsibility of principal for agent's negligence or omission. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080997B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-10"><span class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">59-6-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">    Principal not responsible for unauthorized wrongs or omissions. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080997B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-11"><span class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">59-6-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080997DefaultParagraphFont">    Durable Power of Attorney--Presumption--Liability--Exceptions. </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 59-6 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2077429Normal { 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.s2077429SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077429CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2077429Normal-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.s2077429DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077429000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077429SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077429SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077429SPRN { 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="s2077429Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-1"><span class="s2077429SENU">59-6-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077429SENU">. </span><span class="s2077429CL">Rights and liabilities accruing to principal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077429Normal-000000"><span class="s2077429DefaultParagraphFont">All rights and liabilities which would accrue to an agent from transactions within the scope of his actual or ostensible authority if they had been entered into on his own account, accrue to the principal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077429Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077429000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077429Normal"><span class="s2077429SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077429SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 1366; CL 1887, § 3989; RCivC 1903, § 1685; RC 1919, § 1267; SDC 1939, § 3.0301.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077429Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077429000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077429Normal"><span class="s2077429SPRN">See Cal Civ Code, § 2330.</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 59-6 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { 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font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077430SCL-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="s2077430Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-2"><span class="s2077430SENU">59-6-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077430SENU">. </span><span class="s2077430CL">Agent exceeding authority--Liability of principal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077430Normal-000000"><span class="s2077430DefaultParagraphFont">When an agent exceeds his authority, his principal is bound by his authorized acts so far only as they can be plainly separated from those which are unauthorized.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077430Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077430000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077430Normal"><span class="s2077430SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077430SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 1369; CL 1887, § 3992; RCivC 1903, § 1688; RC 1919, § 1270; SDC 1939, § 3.0302.</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 59-6 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2077431Normal { 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.s2077431SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077431CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2077431Normal-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.s2077431DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077431000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077431SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077431SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077431SPRN { 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="s2077431Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-3"><span class="s2077431SENU">59-6-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077431SENU">. </span><span class="s2077431CL">Principal bound by acts of agent under ostensible authority.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077431Normal-000000"><span class="s2077431DefaultParagraphFont">A principal is bound by acts of his agent under ostensible authority, to those persons only who have in good faith, and without negligence, incurred a liability or parted with value upon the faith thereof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077431Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077431000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077431Normal"><span class="s2077431SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077431SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 1370; CL 1887, § 3993; RCivC 1903, § 1689; RC 1919, § 1271; SDC 1939, § 3.0303.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077431Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077431000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077431Normal"><span class="s2077431SPRN">See Cal Civ Code, § 2334.</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 59-6 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2077432Normal { 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.s2077432SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077432CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2077432Normal-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.s2077432DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077432000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077432SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077432SCL-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="s2077432Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-4"><span class="s2077432SENU">59-6-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077432SENU">. </span><span class="s2077432CL">Principal bound by agent's writings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077432Normal-000000"><span class="s2077432DefaultParagraphFont">Any instrument within the scope of his authority, by which an agent intends to bind his principal, does bind him if such intent is plainly inferable from the instrument itself.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077432Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077432000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077432Normal"><span class="s2077432SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077432SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 1373; CL 1887, § 3996; RCivC 1903, § 1692; RC 1919, § 1274; SDC 1939, § 3.0304.</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 59-6 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2077433Normal { 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.s2077433SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077433CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2077433Normal-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.s2077433DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077433000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077433SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077433SCL-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="s2077433Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-5"><span class="s2077433SENU">59-6-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077433SENU">. </span><span class="s2077433CL">Notice to agent or principal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077433Normal-000000"><span class="s2077433DefaultParagraphFont">As against a principal both principal and agent are deemed to have notice of whatever either has notice of, and ought, in good faith and the exercise of ordinary care and diligence, to communicate to the other.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077433Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077433000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077433Normal"><span class="s2077433SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077433SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 1368; CL 1887, § 3991; RCivC 1903, § 1687; RC 1919, § 1269; SDC 1939, § 3.0305.</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 59-6 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2077434Normal { 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.s2077434SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077434CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2077434Normal-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.s2077434DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077434000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077434SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077434SCL-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="s2077434Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-6"><span class="s2077434SENU">59-6-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077434SENU">. </span><span class="s2077434CL">Incomplete execution binding on principal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077434Normal-000000"><span class="s2077434DefaultParagraphFont">A principal is bound by an incomplete execution of an authority, when it is consistent with the whole purpose and scope thereof, but not otherwise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077434Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077434000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077434Normal"><span class="s2077434SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077434SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 1367; CL 1887, § 3990; RCivC 1903, § 1686; RC 1919, § 1268; SDC 1939, § 3.0306.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077435000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077435SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077435SCL-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="s2077435Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-7"><span class="s2077435SENU">59-6-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077435SENU">. </span><span class="s2077435CL">Exclusive credit given to agent--Exoneration of principal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077435Normal-000000"><span class="s2077435DefaultParagraphFont">If exclusive credit is given to an agent by the person dealing with him, his principal is exonerated by payment or other satisfaction made by him to his agent, in good faith, before receiving notice of the creditor's election to hold him responsible.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077435Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077435000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077435Normal"><span class="s2077435SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077435SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 1371; CL 1887, § 3994; RCivC 1903, § 1690; RC 1919, § 1272; SDC 1939, § 3.0307.</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 59-6 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2077436Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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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="s2077436Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-8"><span class="s2077436SENU">59-6-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077436SENU">. </span><span class="s2077436CL">Setoff by person dealing with agent without knowledge of agency.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077436Normal-000000"><span class="s2077436DefaultParagraphFont">One who deals with an agent without knowing or having reason to believe that the agent acts as such in the transaction, may set off, against any claim of the principal arising out of the same, all claims which he might have set off against the agent before notice of the agency.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077436Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077436000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077436Normal"><span class="s2077436SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077436SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 1372; CL 1887, § 3995; RCivC 1903, § 1691; RC 1919, § 1273; SDC 1939, § 3.0308.</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 59-6 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2077437Normal { 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.s2077437SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077437CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2077437Normal-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.s2077437DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077437000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077437SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077437SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2077437SPRN { 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="s2077437Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-9"><span class="s2077437SENU">59-6-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077437SENU">. </span><span class="s2077437CL">Responsibility of principal for agent's negligence or omission.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077437Normal-000000"><span class="s2077437DefaultParagraphFont">Unless required by or under authority of law to employ that particular agent, a principal is responsible to third persons for the negligence of his agent in the transaction of the business of the agency, including wrongful acts committed by such agent in and as part of the transaction of such business; and for his willful omission to fulfill the obligation of the principal.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077437Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077437000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077437Normal"><span class="s2077437SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077437SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 1374; CL 1887, § 3997; RCivC 1903, § 1693; RC 1919, § 1275; SDC 1939, § 3.0309.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077437Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077437000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077437Normal"><span class="s2077437SPRN">See Cal Civ Code, § 2338.</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 59-6 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2077438Normal { 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.s2077438SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 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class="s2077438Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-10"><span class="s2077438SENU">59-6-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077438SENU">. </span><span class="s2077438CL">Principal not responsible for unauthorized wrongs or omissions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077438Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077438DefaultParagraphFont">The principal is responsible for no other negligence, wrongs, or omissions of his agent than those described in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-9"><span class="s2077438DefaultParagraphFont">59-6-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077438DefaultParagraphFont"> unless he has authorized or ratified them, even though they are committed while the agent is engaged in his service.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077438Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077438000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2077438Normal"><span class="s2077438SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2077438SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 1375; CL 1887, § 3998; RCivC 1903, § 1694; RC 1919, § 1276; SDC 1939, § 3.0309.</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 59-6 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND THIRD PERSONS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2080604Normal { 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.s2080604SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080604CL { 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080604DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2080604SCL { 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="s2080604Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-6-11"><span class="s2080604SENU">59-6-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080604SENU">. </span><span class="s2080604CL">Durable Power of Attorney--Presumption--Liability--Exceptions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080604Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont">A durable power of attorney for health care designated under the provisions of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=59-7-2.1"><span class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont">59-7-2.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont"> is presumed valid. Another person may rely on the presumption of validity unless the person has actual knowledge that the power was not validly executed or that the power was revoked.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080604Statute-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont">Except as provided in this section, any person who refuses to accept the authority of the agent to exercise a power granted under the durable power of attorney for health care </span><a id="_pagenumber42" class="s2080604000001"></a><span class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont">is liable to the principal and to the principal's heirs, assigns, and the personal representative or successor in interest of the principal's estate in the same manner as the person would be liable had the person refused to accept the authority of the principal to act on the principal's own behalf. The person found liable for refusing to accept the authority of an agent is liable for damages and costs, including reasonable attorney's fees.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080604Statute-000000"><span class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont">A person who refuses to accept the authority of an agent to exercise a power granted under a durable power of attorney for health care is not liable pursuant to this section if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080604StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The person has actual knowledge of the revocation of the durable power of attorney before the exercise of the power;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080604StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The duration of the durable power of attorney specified in the durable power of attorney has expired;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080604StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The person has actual knowledge of the death of the principal;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080604StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    The person reasonably believes that the durable power of attorney is not valid under the law of this state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080604StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    The person reasonably believes that the durable power of attorney does not grant the agent authority to perform the transaction requested; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080604StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    The person reasonably believes that a course of conduct or refusal to act as proposed by the agent is contrary to the wishes of the principal as expressed to the person.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080604Statute-000000"><span class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont">This section does not negate the liability that a person would have to the principal or the agent under another form of power of attorney, under the common law, or otherwise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080604Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080604000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2080604Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2080604DefaultParagraphFont-000003">Source: </span><span class="s2080604SCL">SL 2004, ch 312, § 2; SL 2020, ch 214, § 50.</span></p></div></body></html>