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S.D. Codified Laws § 20-5-19

Retention by creditor of thing not accepted as performance

Source: CivC 1877, § 854; CL 1887, § 3478; RCivC 1903, § 1172; RC 1919, § 779; SDC 1939, § 47.0228.

If anything is given to a creditor by way of performance, which he refuses to accept as such, he is not bound to return it without demand; but if he retains it, he is gratuitous depository thereof.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.