An offer of payment or other performance, duly made, though the title to the thing offered be not transferred to the creditor, stops the running of interest on the obligation, and has the same effect upon all its incidents as a performance thereof.
S.D. Codified Laws § 20-5-18
Interest stopped by offer of performance
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Dougherty v. Beckman (1984)
Most recently applied in Buffalo Ridge Corp. v. Lamar Advertising of South Dakota, Inc. (January 2011)
Source: CivC 1877, § 853; CL 1887, § 3477; RCivC 1903, § 1171; RC 1919, § 778; SDC 1939, § 47.0227.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.