A debtor may pay one creditor in preference to another, or may give to one creditor security for the payment of his demand in preference to another.
S.D. Codified Laws § 54-1-4
Preference of creditors by debtor
Source: CivC 1877, § 2021; CL 1887, § 4654; RCivC 1903, § 2366; RC 1919, § 2039; SDC 1939, § 23.0103.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.