South Dakota Statutes

§ 43-25-10 — Use of word "grant" in conveyance--Implied covenants, action to enforce.

South Dakota § 43-25-10
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 43PROPERTY
Ch. 43-25DEEDS AND CONVEYANCES

This text of South Dakota § 43-25-10 (Use of word "grant" in conveyance--Implied covenants, action to enforce.) 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.

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S.D. Codified Laws § 43-25-10 (2026).

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From the use of the word "grant" in any conveyance by which an estate of inheritance or fee simple is to be passed, the following covenants, and none other, on the part of the grantor for himself and his heirs to the grantee, his heirs, and assigns, are implied unless restrained by express terms contained in such conveyance:

(1)That previous to the time of the execution of such conveyance, the grantor has not conveyed the same estate, or any right, title, or interest therein, to any person other than the grantee;
(2)That such estate is, at the time of the execution of such conveyance, free from encumbrances done, made, or suffered by the grantor, or any person claiming under him. Such covenants may be sued upon in the same manner as if they had been expressly inserted in the convey

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Fix v. First State Bank of Roscoe
559 F.3d 803 (Eighth Circuit, 2009)
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Northwest Realty Co. v. Jacobs
273 N.W.2d 141 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1978)
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Weaver v. Blake
300 N.W.2d 52 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1980)
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Legislative History

CivC 1877, § 628; CL 1887, § 3249; RCivC 1903, § 942; RC 1919, § 548; SDC 1939, § 51.1415.

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