South Dakota Statutes
§ 54-8-20 — Removal, secretion, encumbrancing or disposition of property to defraud creditors--Misdemeanor.
South Dakota § 54-8-20
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 54-8-20 (2026).
Text
Every person who removes any of his property out of any county, with intent to prevent the same from being levied upon by any execution or attachment, or who secretes, encumbers, transfers, or otherwise disposes of any of his property, with intent to delay or defraud any creditor, and every person who receives any such property with such intent, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
PenC 1877, § 636; CL 1887, § 6838; RPenC 1903, § 667; RC 1919, § 4278; SDC 1939, § 13.4302; SL 1980, ch 24, § 105.
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Value of security, determination by liquidator's sale of assets--Order of sale, requirements.§ 54-10-13
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 54-8-20, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/54-8-20.