Any person who intentionally converts to his or her own use any leased or rented personal property, after receiving proper notice demanding the return of the property following expiration of the lease or rental agreement, is guilty of theft. For the purposes of this section, the term, proper notice, means a written demand for the return of the property addressed and mailed by certified or registered mail to the lessee or renter or personal service of such written demand in the manner provided for service of a summons.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-30A-13
Theft by conversion of rented personalty after notice of termination
Source: SL 1976, ch 158, §§ 30A-19, 30A-20; SL 1981, ch 178; SL 2005, ch 120, § 63.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.