Title 43, PROPERTY

If the court determines the petitioner meets the burdens provided for in § 43-30B-2 , the court shall declare a trust in favor of the unlocated or unidentified mineral owner, shall appoint the county treasurer or another person or entity as trustee of the trust, and shall authori…

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the trustee shall administer the trust in compliance with title 55. The trustee may engage agents to assist in the administration of the trust. Trustee fees, agent fees, and any other administrative costs must be reasonable and may be…

A trust in favor of an unlocatable or unidentifiable mineral owner shall remain in force until an order of the court is entered, after such notice as may be required by the court, finding that an owner has appeared and been identified. The court shall fix the date upon which the …

No act taken by or upon the permission of a trustee, petitioner, or court under this chapter shall be considered use of a mineral interest under chapter 43-30A . Source: SL 2013, ch 223 , § 6; SL 2017, ch 189 , § 6.

The homestead, including a homestead listed for sale, of every family, resident in this state, so long as it continues to possess the character of a homestead is exempt from judicial sale, from judgment lien, and from all mesne or final process from any court, to the extent and a…

If any court by order has reserved a homestead according to law for the use, occupancy, or possession of any surviving minor children of a decedent, or any minor, such court may, during the minority of such minor, on the filing of an application by any person interested in the pr…

The new homestead shall in all cases be exempt to the same extent and in the same manner as the old or former homestead was exempt. Source: SL 1874-5, ch 37 , § 13; PolC 1877, ch 38, § 13; CL 1887, § 2461; RPolC 1903, § 3229; RC 1919, § 464; SDC 1939, § 51.1714; SL 1961, ch 263 .

When a disagreement takes place between the owner and any person adversely interested, as to whether any land or buildings are properly a part of the homestead, it shall be competent for the circuit court in any proper case to determine such question and all questions relating th…

Upon the death of either husband or wife, the survivor may continue to possess and occupy the whole homestead until it is otherwise disposed of according to law; and upon the death of both husband and wife the children may continue to possess and occupy the whole homestead until …

If an owner is required to leave a homestead pursuant to a protection order obtained by the owner's spouse or to otherwise preserve peace in the home, the owner's absence from the homestead may not be considered a waiver or abandonment of the owner's interest in the homestead, un…

A widow or widower, though without children, while continuing to occupy the homestead used as such at the time of the death of the husband or wife, or any family, whether consisting of one or more persons in actual occupancy of a homestead as defined in this code, shall be deemed…

Such homestead shall descend according to the law of succession as provided by Title 29A, unless otherwise directed or disposed of by will, and shall be held exempt from any antecedent debt of the parent, and if it descends to the issue of either husband or wife it shall be held …

If there be no husband or wife surviving, and no issue, the homestead shall be liable to be sold for the payment of any debts to which it might at that time be subjected if it had never been held as a homestead. Source: SL 1874-5, ch 37 , § 17; PolC 1877, ch 38, § 17; CL 1887, § …

A conveyance or encumbrance of a homestead by its owner, if married and both husband and wife are residents of this state, is valid if both husband and wife concur in and sign or execute such conveyance or encumbrance either by joint instrument or by separate instruments. However…

If the spouse of a protected person is the owner of a homestead, such spouse may make application to the circuit court for any county where such homestead, or any part thereof, is located for an order directing the conservator of such protected person to join with such spouse in …

An application for the order provided for in § 43-31-18 must be duly verified and must state fully the facts on which the application is based. Source: SDC 1939, § 51.1705.

The homestead embraces the house used as a home by the owner of it, being either, real property or a mobile home, and if the owner has two or more houses or mobile homes thus used at different times and places, the owner shall select which he or she will retain as a homestead. Th…

Upon such application being filed the court must make an order fixing a time and place for hearing, which time must be at least twenty days from the filing of the application. Source: SDC 1939, § 51.1705.

Service of such application and order shall be made at least ten days prior to the time fixed for such hearing and shall be made in the same manner as service of a summons in a civil action and shall be made upon the person alleged to be incapacitated, in any case where there has…

If there has been an adjudication of incapacity but no such conservator is acting, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem on whom such service shall be made, and the guardian ad litem shall represent and protect throughout the proceedings the rights of the person adjudged to…

At the conclusion of such hearing, the court must make findings of fact and conclusions of law as the basis of such order as may be entered. Source: SDC 1939, § 51.1705.

If the court determines that such incapacitated person has been in an incapacitated condition for at least three years, or that such condition is incurable, it may make an order directing the conservator to join in such conveyance or encumbrance with the same effect as if such in…

If there is no conservator of such incapacitated person, such application shall be deemed to include an application for appointment of such conservator, and if the application is granted, the order shall include an appointment of such conservator and if such incapacitated person …

A duly certified copy of such order shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where such homestead, or any part thereof, is located. Source: SDC 1939, § 51.1704.

Subject to the rights of the surviving husband or wife as declared by law, the homestead, if consisting of real property, may be devised like other real property of the testator, or if a mobile home may be bequeathed like other personal property of the testator. Source: SL 1874-5…

The homestead shall be liable for taxes accruing thereon, and if certified and recorded as hereinbefore directed, shall be liable only for such taxes, and may be sold to pay the same except as provided in §§ 10-23-7 , 43-31-1 , or 43-45-3 . Source: SL 1874-5, ch 37 , § 4; PolC 18…

The homestead may contain one or more lots or tracts of land with the buildings thereon and other appurtenances, subject to the limitations contained in this code, but must in no case embrace different lots and tracts unless they are contiguous, or unless they are habitually and …

In accordance with the provision of § 522(b) of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 522(b)), residents of this state are not entitled to the federal exemptions provided in § 522(d) of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 522(d)), exemptions which this state specifically …

If within a town plat the homestead must not exceed one acre in extent, and if not within a town plat, it must not embrace in the aggregate more than one hundred sixty acres. If the homestead is claimed upon any land, the title or right of possession to which was acquired or clai…

No lode mining claim embracing any gold or silver mine, nor any gold or silver mill, nor any mill, smelter, or machinery intended or used for the reduction or milling of gold or silver ores shall be susceptible of being claimed or set off as exempt as a homestead. Source: SL 1885…

The owner or the husband or wife may select the homestead, and cause it to be marked off, platted, and recorded as provided in this code. If not so marked off, platted, and recorded, the officer having an execution against the property of such a defendant may cause the homestead …

The homestead shall be marked off by fixed and visible monuments and platted, unless the same shall embrace the whole of a subdivision or lot, and in giving the description thereof, then marked off and platted as aforesaid, the direction and distance of the starting point from so…

The description of the homestead, certified and acknowledged by the owner, shall be recorded by the register of deeds of the proper county. Source: SL 1874-5, ch 37 , § 11; PolC 1877, ch 38, § 11; CL 1887, § 2459; RPolC 1903, § 3227; RC 1919, § 462; SDC 1939, §§ 51.1712, 51.1713;…

The owner may from time to time change the limits of the homestead by changing the metes and bounds, as well as the record of the description, or may change it entirely; but such changes shall not prejudice conveyances or liens made or created previously thereto; and no such chan…

Leasing is a contract by which one (the lessor or landlord) gives to another (the lessee or tenant) temporary possession and use of real property for reward and the lessee agrees to return such property to the lessor at a future time. Source: SDC 1939, § 38.0401.

In every hiring of residential premises, whether in writing or parol, the lessee shall preserve the premises, appliances, appurtenances, and other leased personality in good condition, and repair all deteriorations or damage thereto occasioned by his negligent, willful or malicio…

If premises are leased for a particular and specified purpose the tenant must not use the premises for other purposes; and if he does, the landlord may hold him responsible for the safety of the premises during such use, at all events, or he may treat the contract as thereby resc…

When there is no contract or usage to the contrary, the rent of agricultural and wildland is payable yearly at the end of each year. Rents of lodgings are payable monthly at the end of each month. Other rents are payable quarterly at the end of each quarter from the time the hiri…

In all leases of lands or tenements or of any interest therein from month to month the landlord may, upon giving notice in writing at least thirty days before the expiration of the month, modify the terms of the lease to take effect at the expiration of the month. The notice, whe…

If a lessee of real property remains in possession thereof after the expiration of the hiring and the lessor accepts rent from him, the parties are presumed to have renewed the hiring on the same terms and for the same time, not exceeding one year. Source: CivC 1877, § 1118; CL 1…

A hiring of real property for a term not specified by the parties is deemed to be renewed as stated in § 43-32-14 at the end of the term implied by law unless one of the parties gives notice to the other of his intention to terminate the same at least as long before the expiratio…

Every tenant who receives notice of any proceeding to recover the real property occupied by him or the possession thereof must immediately inform his landlord of the same and also deliver to the landlord the notice, if in writing, and is responsible to the landlord for all damage…

The attornment of a tenant to a stranger is void unless it is made with the consent of the landlord or in consequence of a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Source: CivC 1877, § 1121; CL 1887, § 3744; RCivC 1903, § 1440; RC 1919, § 1064; SDC 1939, § 38.0418.

A landlord may terminate a lease and reclaim the premises before the end of the agreed term: (1) When the tenant uses or permits a use of the premises in a manner contrary to the lease agreement; or (2) When the tenant does not within a reasonable time after request make such rep…

A lease governing residential property may not include any term that authorizes the eviction of a tenant who calls or otherwise seeks assistance from law enforcement or other emergency responders because of an alleged incident of domestic abuse, unlawful sexual behavior, or stalk…