Every contract whereby the ownership or title to crops growing or to be grown upon any lands in this state is reserved in the landlord until division thereof between such landlord and the cropper or tenant, shall be filed in the office of the register of deeds of the county wherein such lands are located.
S.D. Codified Laws § 38-17-1
Contract reserving title to landlord to be filed with register of deeds
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Claussen v. Brookings County (In Re Claussen) (1990)
Most recently applied in South Dakota Farm Bureau, Inc. v. Hazeltine (May 2002)
Source: SL 1931, ch 132; SDC 1939, § 39.0125; SL 1967, ch 152.
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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.