South Dakota Statutes

§ 43-39-3 — Involuntary deposit, making of--Duty of involuntary depository.

South Dakota § 43-39-3
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 43PROPERTY
Ch. 43-39DEPOSIT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

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S.D. Codified Laws § 43-39-3 (2026).

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An involuntary deposit is made:

(1)By the accidental leaving or placing of personal property in the possession of any person, without negligence on the part of its owner; or (2) In cases of fire, shipwreck, inundation, insurrection, riot, or like extraordinary emergencies, by the owner of personal property committing it, out of necessity, to the care of any person. The person with whom a thing is so deposited is bound to take charge of it, if able to do so.

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Related

Gross v. Kouf
349 N.W.2d 652 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1984)
18 case citations

Legislative History

CivC 1877, §§ 1035, 1036; CL 1887, §§ 3659, 3660; RCivC 1903, §§ 1354, 1355; RC 1919, §§ 971, 972; SDC 1939, § 60.0101 (2).

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