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SD Codified L § 43-41-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41 - Lost And Found Property|Section 43-41-6 - Compensation of finder--Necessary expenses--Preservation of lost thing--Reward for keeping.

43-41-6. Compensation of finder--Necessary expenses--Preservation of lost thing--Reward for keeping.The finder of a thing is entitled to compensation for all expenses necessarily incurred by him in its preservation, and for any other service necessarily performed by him about it, and to a reasonable reward for keeping it. Source: CivC 1877, §1067; CL 1887, §3691; RCivC 1903, §1387; RC 1919, §1010; SDC 1939, §60.0204.
SD Codified L § 43-41-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41 - Lost And Found Property|Section 43-41-7 - Surrender of thing to finder.

43-41-7. Surrender of thing to finder.The owner of a thing found may exonerate himself from the claims of the finder by surrendering it to him in satisfaction thereof. Source: CivC 1877, §1071; CL 1887, §3695; RCivC 1903, §1391; RC 1919, §1014; SDC 1939, §60.0208.
SD Codified L § 43-41-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41 - Lost And Found Property|Section 43-41-8 - Sale by finder of thing found.

43-41-8. Sale by finder of thing found.The finder of a thing may sell it if it is a thing which is commonly the subject of sale, when the owner cannot with reasonable diligence be found; or being found, refuses upon demand to pay the lawful charges of the finder, in the following cases:(1)When the thing is in danger of perishing or of losing the greater part of its value; or(2)When the lawful charges of the finder amount to two-thirds of its value. Source: CivC 1877, §1069; CL 1887, §3693; RCivC 1903, §1389; RC 1919, §1012; SDC 1939, §60.0206.
SD Codified L § 43-41-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41 - Lost And Found Property|Section 43-41-9 - Manner of selling thing found by finder.

43-41-9. Manner of selling thing found by finder.A sale under the provisions of §43-41-8 must be made in the same manner as the sale of a thing pledged. Source: CivC 1877, §1070; CL 1887, §3694; RCivC 1903, §1390; RC 1919, §1013; SDC 1939, §60.0207.
SD Codified L § 43-41-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41 - Lost And Found Property|Section 43-41-10 - Thing intentionally abandoned--Provisions of chapter inapplicable.

43-41-10. Thing intentionally abandoned--Provisions of chapter inapplicable.The provisions of this chapter have no application to things which have been intentionally abandoned by their owners. Source: CivC 1877, §1072; CL 1887, §3696; RCivC 1903, §1392; RC 1919, §1015; SDC 1939, §60.0209.
SD Codified L § 43-41-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41 - Lost And Found Property|Section 43-41-11 - Disposition of certain abandoned, lost or confiscated bicycles.

43-41-11. Disposition of certain abandoned, lost or confiscated bicycles.If any abandoned, lost, or confiscated bicycle is under the control or care of or has been placed in storage by any local government agency or law enforcement agency and if more than ninety days have passed since the bicycle first came in the possession of the local government agency or law enforcement agency, the bicycle may be donated to a charitable organization, veterans organization, or benevolent organization that is nonprofit and recognized as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(7), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), or 501(c)(19) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended to January 1, 2000, for distribution to the public based on need in a manner to be determined by the charitable, veterans, or benevolent organization. Source: SL 2000, ch 214, §1.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-2 - Property presumed abandoned--General rule.

43-41B-2. Property presumed abandoned--General rule.(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all intangible property, including any income or increment derived therefrom, less any lawful charges, that is held, issued, or owing in the ordinary course of a holder's business and has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than three years after it became payable or distributable is presumed abandoned.(b) Property is payable or distributable for the purpose of this chapter notwithstanding the owner's failure to make demand or to present any instrument or document required to receive payment. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §2; SL 2012, ch 209, §1.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-3 - General rules for taking custody of intangible unclaimed property.

43-41B-3. General rules for taking custody of intangible unclaimed property.Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or by other statute of this state, intangible property is subject to the custody of this state as unclaimed property if the conditions raising a presumption of abandonment under §§43-41B-2 and 43-41B-5 to 43-41B-17, inclusive, are satisfied and:(1)The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in this state;(2)The records of the holder do not reflect the identity of the person entitled to the property and it is established that the last known address of the person entitled to the property is in this state;(3)The records of the holder do not reflect the last known address of the apparent owner, and it is established that:(i)The last known address of the person entitled to the property is in this state;(ii)The holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of this state and has not previously paid or delivered the property to the state of the last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property; or(iii)The holder originating or issuing the intangible property is incorporated, organized, created or constructively located in this state;(4)The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property and the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of this state;(5)The last known address, as shown on the records of the holder, of the apparent owner is in a foreign nation and the holder is a domiciliary or a government or governmental subdivision or agency of this state; or(6)The transaction out of which the property arose occurred in this state, and(i)(A)The last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is unknown; or(B)The last known address of the apparent owner or other person entitled to the property is in a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property; and(ii)The holder is a domiciliary of a state that does not provide by law for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §3.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-4 - Travelers checks and money orders.

43-41B-4. Travelers checks and money orders.(a) Any sum payable on a travelers check that has been outstanding for more than fifteen years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within fifteen years, has communicated in writing with the issuer concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the issuer.(b) Any sum payable on a money order or similar written instrument, other than a third-party bank check, that has been outstanding for more than three years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within three years, has communicated in writing with the issuer concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the issuer.(c) A holder may not deduct from the amount of a travelers check or money order any charge imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the issuer and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the issuer may impose a charge and the issuer regularly imposes such charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them.(d) No sum payable on a travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument, other than a third-party bank check, as described in subsections (a) and (b), may be subjected to the custody of this state as unclaimed property unless:(1)The records of the issuer show that the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased in this state;(2)The issuer has its principal place of business in this state and the records of the issuer do not show the state in which the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased; or(3)The issuer has its principal place of business in this state, the records of the issuer show the state in which the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased and the laws of the state of purchase do not provide for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property.(e) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, subsection (d) applies to sums payable on travelers checks, money orders, and similar written instruments presumed abandoned on or after February 1, 1965, except to the extent that those sums have been paid over to a state. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §4; SL 1993, ch 326, §1; SL 2012, ch 209, §2.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-5 - Checks, drafts and similar instruments issued or certified by banking and financial organizations.

43-41B-5. Checks, drafts and similar instruments issued or certified by banking and financial organizations.(a) Any sum payable on a check, draft, or similar instrument, except those subject to §43-41B-4, on which a banking or financial organization is directly liable, including a cashier's check and a certified check, which has been outstanding for more than three years after it was payable or after its issuance if payable on demand, is presumed abandoned, unless the owner, within three years, has communicated in writing with the banking or financial organization concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee thereof.(b) A holder may not deduct from the amount of any instrument subject to this section any charge imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the holder and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the holder may impose a charge, and the holder regularly imposes such charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §5; SL 2012, ch 209, §3.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-8 - Deposits held by utilities.

43-41B-8. Deposits held by utilities.Any deposit, including any interest thereon, made by a subscriber with a utility to secure payment for or any sum paid in advance for utility services to be furnished in this state, less any lawful deductions, is presumed abandoned if it has remained unclaimed by the person appearing on the records of the utility entitled thereto for more than one year after the termination of the services for which the deposit or advance payment was made.Any sum which a utility has been ordered to refund and which was received for utility services rendered in this state, together with any interest thereon, less any lawful deductions, is presumed abandoned if it has remained unclaimed by the person appearing on the records of the utility entitled thereto for more than one year after the date it became payable in accordance to the final determination or order providing for the refund. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §8.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-9 - Refunds held by business associations.

43-41B-9. Refunds held by business associations.Except to the extent otherwise ordered by the court or administrative agency, any sum that a business association has been ordered to refund by a court or administrative agency which has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after it became payable in accordance with the final determination or order providing for the refund, whether or not the final determination or order requires any person entitled to a refund to make a claim for it, is presumed abandoned. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §9.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-11 - Property of business associations held in course of dissolution.

43-41B-11. Property of business associations held in course of dissolution.Intangible property distributable in the course of a dissolution of a business association which remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after the date specified for final distribution is presumed abandoned. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §11.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-13 - Property held by agents and fiduciaries.

43-41B-13. Property held by agents and fiduciaries.(a) Intangible property and any income or increment derived therefrom held by fiduciaries and agents for the benefit of another person is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within three years after it has become payable or distributable, has increased or decreased the principal, accepted payment of principal or income, communicated concerning the property, or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by the fiduciary.(b) Funds in an individual retirement account or a retirement plan for self-employed individuals or similar account or plan established pursuant to the Internal Revenue laws of the United States are not payable or distributable within the meaning of subsection (a) unless, under the terms of the account or plan, distribution of all or part of the funds would then be mandatory.(c) For the purpose of this section, a person who holds property as an agent for a business association is deemed to hold the property in a fiduciary capacity for that business association alone, unless the agreement between him and the business association provides otherwise.(d) For the purposes of this chapter, a person who is deemed to hold property in a fiduciary capacity for a business association alone is the holder of the property only insofar as the interest of the business association in the property is concerned, and the business association is the holder of the property insofar as the interest of any other person in the property is concerned. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §12; SL 2012, ch 209, §7.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-14 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-14 - Property held by courts and public agencies.

43-41B-14. Property held by courts and public agencies.Intangible property held for the owner by a court, federal, state, or other government, governmental subdivision or agency or entity, public corporation, public authority, or public officer of this state which remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after becoming payable or distributable is presumed abandoned. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §13.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-15 - Gift certificates and credit memos.

43-41B-15. Gift certificates and credit memos.(a) A gift certificate or a credit memo issued in the ordinary course of an issuer's business which remains unclaimed by the owner for more than three years after becoming payable or distributable is presumed abandoned.(b) In the case of a gift certificate, the amount presumed abandoned is the price paid by the purchaser for the gift certificate. In the case of a credit memo, the amount presumed abandoned is the amount credited to the recipient of the memo. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §14; SL 2012, ch 209, §8.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-16 - Wages.

43-41B-16. Wages.Unpaid wages, including wages represented by unpresented payroll checks, owing in the ordinary course of the holder's business which remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after becoming payable are presumed abandoned. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §15.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-17 - Contents of safe deposit box or other safekeeping repository--U.S. savings bonds.

43-41B-17. Contents of safe deposit box or other safekeeping repository--U.S. savings bonds.Any tangible and intangible property held in a safe deposit box or any other safekeeping repository or agency or collateral deposit box in this state in the ordinary course of the holder's business and proceeds resulting from the sale of the property permitted by other law, which remain unclaimed by the owner for more than three years after the lease or rental period on the box or other repository has expired, are presumed abandoned. Any United States savings bond included in the contents of a safe deposit box or other repository must be reported and recorded in the unclaimed property database, independently of the box or repository. The savings bonds must be listed using the owner information on the original bond under property type code SC15 United States Government Securities. The savings bonds must be claimable by the person listed on the bond or by that person's heirs. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §16; SL 1993, ch 326, §3; SL 2012, ch 209, §9; SL 2019, ch 194, §1.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-19 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-19 - Notice and publication of names of persons appearing to be owners of unclaimed property.

43-41B-19. Notice and publication of names of persons appearing to be owners of unclaimed property.(a) The administrator shall cause a notice to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of this state in which is located the last known address of any person to be named in the notice. If no address is listed or the address is outside this state, the notice must be published in the county in which the holder of the property has its principal place of business within this state.(b) The published notice must be entitled "Notice of Names of Persons Appearing to be Owners of Unclaimed Property" and contain:(1)The names in alphabetical order and the last known city and state of residence, if any, of persons listed in the report and entitled to notice within the county as specified in subsection (a);(2)A statement that information concerning the property and the name and last known address of the holder may be obtained by any person possessing an interest in the property by addressing an inquiry to the administrator; and(3)A statement that if proof of claim is not presented by the owner and the owner's right to receive the property must be established to the administrator's satisfaction to whom all claims must be directed.(c) The administrator is not required to publish in the notice any items of less than one hundred twenty-five dollars unless the administrator considers their publication to be in the public interest.(d) This section is not applicable to sums payable on travelers checks, money orders, and other written instruments presumed abandoned under §43-41B-4. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §18; SL 2012, ch 209, §10; SL 2019, ch 194, §3.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-20 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-20 - Payment or delivery of abandoned property.

43-41B-20. Payment or delivery of abandoned property.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a person who is required to file a report under this chapter shall, at the same time as the final date for filing the report as required, pay or deliver to the administrator all abandoned property required to be reported.(b) If the owner establishes the right to receive the abandoned property to the satisfaction of the holder before the property has been delivered or it appears that for some other reason the presumption of abandonment is erroneous, the holder need not pay or deliver the property to the administrator, and the property will no longer be presumed abandoned. In that case, the holder shall file with the administrator a verified written explanation of the proof of claim or of the error in the presumption of abandonment.(c) Property reported under §43-41B-18 for which the holder is not required to report the name of the apparent owner must be delivered to the administrator at the time of filing the report.(d) The holder of any interest shall deliver a duplicate certificate or other evidence of ownership to the administrator, the holder and any transfer agent, registrar or other person acting for or on behalf of a holder in executing or delivering the duplicate certificate is relieved of all liability of every kind in accordance with the provisions of this chapter to every person, including any person acquiring the original certificate or the duplicate of the certificate or the duplicate of the certificate issued to the department, for any losses or damages resulting to the person by the issuance and delivery to the department of the duplicate certificate. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §19.
SD Codified L § 43-41B-22 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 43 - Property|Chapter 41B - Uniform Unclaimed Property Act|Section 43-41B-22 - Crediting of dividends, interest, or increments to owner's account .

43-41B-22. Crediting of dividends, interest, or increments to owner's account.Whenever property other than money is paid or delivered to the administrator under this chapter, the owner is entitled to receive from the administrator any dividends, interest, or other increments realized or accruing on the property at or before liquidation or conversion thereof into money. Source: SL 1992, ch 312, §21.