South Dakota Statutes
§ 54-14-38 — Improper influence on real estate appraisals prohibited--Grounds for discipline.
No mortgage lender, mortgage broker, or mortgage loan originator, required to be licensed or registered by this chapter, with an interest in a real estate transaction or the financing of any loan secured by real estate involving an appraisal assignment may improperly influence or attempt to improperly influence the development, reporting, result, or review of a real estate appraisal by:
(1)Coercion, extortion, or bribery;
(2)Withholding or threatened withholding of payment for an appraisal fee;
(3)Conditioning of the payment of an appraisal fee upon the opinion, conclusion, or valuation to be reached;
(4)Requesting that the appraiser report a predetermined opinion, conclusion, or valuation or the desired valuation of any person; or (5) Any other act or practice that impa
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Legislative History
SL 2009, ch 192, § 3.
Nearby Sections
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§ 54-1-2
Loan of money defined.§ 54-1-6
"Open account" defined.§ 54-1-7
Open account--Interest rates.§ 54-1-9
"Securitization" defined.§ 54-10-1
Definition of terms.§ 54-10-10
Value of security, determination by liquidator's sale of assets--Order of sale, requirements.§ 54-10-13
Uniformity of interpretation of chapter.