South Dakota Statutes

§ 43-42-5 — Debtor unaware of assignment--Acquittance by good faith payment to assignor, creditor, subsequent purchaser, or other assignee or transferee.

South Dakota § 43-42-5
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 43PROPERTY
Ch. 43-42THINGS IN ACTION

This text of South Dakota § 43-42-5 (Debtor unaware of assignment--Acquittance by good faith payment to assignor, creditor, subsequent purchaser, or other assignee or transferee.) 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 § 43-42-5 (2026).

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In any case where, acting without knowledge of an assignment described by § 43-42-4 , the debtor in good faith pays all or part of such account to the assignor, or to such creditor, subsequent purchaser, or other assignee or transferee, such payment shall be acquittance to the debtor to the extent thereof, and such assignor, creditor, subsequent purchaser, or other assignee or transferee shall be a trustee of any sums so paid and shall be accountable and liable to the prior assignee therefor.

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Legislative History

SDC 1939, § 51.0803 as added by SL 1945, ch 213.

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