South Dakota Statutes
§ 54-8-21 — Assignment or transfer of property to preferred creditors as felony--Exception.
South Dakota § 54-8-21
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 54-8-21 (2026).
Text
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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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 54-8-21, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/54-8-21.