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S.D. Codified Laws § 53-2-1

Persons capable of contracting

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Matter of Estate of Perry (1998)

Most recently applied in Mary Triplet v. Menard, Inc. (July 2022)

Source: CivC 1877, § 872; CL 1887, § 3496; RCivC 1903, § 1190; RC 1919, § 805; SDC 1939, § 10.0201.

All persons are capable of contracting except minors, persons of unsound mind, and persons deprived of civil rights.

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