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S.D. Codified Laws § 44-10-3

Real owner cannot defeat pledge of property transferred to apparent owner for the purpose of pledge

Source: CivC 1877, § 1762; CL 1887, § 4397; RCivC 1903, § 2109; RC 1919, § 1610; SDC 1939, § 39.0505.

One who has allowed another to assume the apparent ownership of property for the purpose of making any transfer of it cannot set up his own title to defeat a pledge of the property made by the other to a pledgee who received the property in good faith in the ordinary course of business and for value.

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