No trustee, unless expressly authorized by the trust instrument, shall directly or indirectly lease, buy or sell any property for the trust from or to itself or an affiliate; or from or to a director, officer, or employee of such trustee or of an affiliate; or from or to a relative, employer, partner, or other business associate. Notwithstanding this provision or any statute to the contrary, a trustee may lease, purchase or sell property from or to the trust he represents as trustee if specifically authorized to do so in a decedent's will or the instrument creating the trustee relationship, including the establishment of a trust service office as provided by chapter 51A-5.
S.D. Codified Laws § 55-4-13
Trustee not to buy from or sell to self--Exception
Known as the Uniform Trusts Act
The act spans §§ 55–55 (57 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case In Re the Estate of Stevenson (2000)
Most recently applied in Hein v. Zoss (October 2016)
Source: SL 1943, ch 308, § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 59.0505; SL 1980, ch 343; SL 1981, ch 354, § 2; SL 1984, ch 314, § 7.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.