South Dakota Statutes
§ 16-18-20 — Attorney's power to receive money for client--Unauthorized discharge of claim prohibited.
South Dakota § 16-18-20
This text of South Dakota § 16-18-20 (Attorney's power to receive money for client--Unauthorized discharge of claim prohibited.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 16-18-20 (2026).
Text
An attorney and counselor at law has power to receive money claimed by his client in an action or proceeding during the pendency thereof or afterwards unless he has been previously discharged by his client, and upon payment thereof, and not otherwise to discharge the claim or acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment.
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Related
Matter of Discipline of Tidball
503 N.W.2d 850 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1993)
Discipline of Volesky
2025 S.D. 62 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2025)
Legislative History
PolC 1877, ch 18, § 6, subdiv 3; CL 1887, § 467, subdiv 3; RPolC 1903, § 699, subdiv 3; RC 1919, § 5263 (3); Supreme Court Rule 14, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1202 (3).
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§ 16-1-3§ 16-1-4
Repealed§ 16-1-9
Term of Supreme Court--Places.§ 16-10-1
Repealed§ 16-10-2.1
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Repealed§ 16-10-5
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 16-18-20, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/16-18-20.