An employer may secure the payment of compensation to any employee by insuring and keeping insured the payment of the compensation with any stock corporation writing workers' compensation insurance or any mutual employer's liability association authorized to transact the business of workers' compensation insurance in this state or in an association authorized to exchange reciprocal or interinsurance contracts by individuals, partnerships, or corporations.
S.D. Codified Laws § 62-5-2
Obtaining workers' compensation insurance
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Donovan v. Powers (1972)
Most recently applied in Ries v. Jm Custom Homes, LLC (August 2022)
Source: SL 1931, ch 271, § 1; SDC 1939, § 64.0106 (1); SL 2008, ch 278, § 35.
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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.