South Dakota Statutes

§ 54-8-21 — Assignment or transfer of property to preferred creditors as felony--Exception.

South Dakota § 54-8-21
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 54DEBTOR AND CREDITOR
Ch. 54-8ACTS IN FRAUD OF CREDITORS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 54-8-21 (2026).

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Every person who, knowing that his property is insufficient for the payment of all his lawful debts, assigns, transfers, or delivers any property for the benefit of any creditor, or creditors, upon any trust or condition that any creditor shall receive a preference or priority over any other, except in the cases in which such preference is expressly allowed to be given by law, or with intent to create such preference or priority, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

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Legislative History

PenC 1877, § 637; CL 1887, § 6839; RPenC 1903, § 668; RC 1919, § 4279; SDC 1939, § 13.4303; SL 1980, ch 24, § 106; SL 1986, ch 406.

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South Dakota § 54-8-21, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/54-8-21.