South Dakota Statutes
§ 53-4-3 — Duress defined.
South Dakota § 53-4-3
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 53-4-3 (2026).
Text
Duress consists in:
(1)Actual or threatened unlawful confinement of the person of the party, or of husband or wife of such party, or of an ancestor, descendant, or adopted child of such party, husband, or wife; or (2) Actual or threatened confinement of any such person or persons lawful in form but fraudulently obtained or fraudulently made unjustly harassing or oppressive; or (3) Actual or threatened unlawful violent injury to the person or property of any such person or persons; or (4) Actual or threatened injury to the character of any such person or persons; or (5) Actual unlawful detention of the property of any such person.
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Related
Matter of Estate of Eberle
505 N.W.2d 767 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1993)
Bayer v. Payne
411 N.W.2d 129 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1987)
Dietz v. Fink
(D. South Dakota, 2024)
Legislative History
CivC 1877, §§ 880, 881; CL 1887, §§ 3504, 3505; RCivC 1903, §§ 1198, 1199; RC 1919, §§ 813, 814; SDC 1939, § 10.0305.
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