Any record transferred to the physical custody of the archivist remains the legal property of the agency of origin, subject to all existing copyrights and statutory provisions regulating the record's usage, until such time as the agency head formally transfers legal title to the archivist.
S.D. Codified Laws § 1-27-14.3
Title to transferred records pending formal transfer
Source: SL 1975, ch 24, § 8; SL 2011, ch 2, § 27.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.