SD Codified L § 57A-9-620 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 57A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 09 - Secured Transactions|Section 57A-9-620 - Conditions for accepting collateral in full or partial satisfaction of obligation--Requirement that collateral be disposed of.

57A-9-620. Conditions for accepting collateral in full or partial satisfaction of obligation--Requirement that collateral be disposed of.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a secured party may accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if:(1)The debtor consents to the acceptance under subsection (c);(2)The secured party does not receive, within the time set forth in subsection (d), a notification of objection to the proposal authenticated by:(A)A person to which the secured party was required to send a proposal under §57A-9-621; or(B)Any other person, other than the debtor, holding an interest in the collateral subordinate to the security interest that is the subject of the proposal;(3)If the collateral is consumer goods, the collateral is not in the possession of the debtor when the debtor consents to the acceptance; and(4)Subsection (e) does not require the secured party to dispose of the collateral or the debtor waives the requirement pursuant to §57A-9-624.(b) A purported or apparent acceptance of collateral under this section is ineffective unless:(1)The secured party consents to the acceptance in an authenticated record or sends a proposal to the debtor; and(2)The conditions of subsection (a) are met.(c) For purposes of this section:(1)A debtor consents to an acceptance of collateral in partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if the debtor agrees to the terms of the acceptance in a record authenticated after default; and(2)A debtor consents to an acceptance of collateral in full satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if the debtor agrees to the terms of the acceptance in a record authenticated after default or the secured party:(A)Sends to the debtor after default a proposal that is unconditional or subject only to a condition that collateral not in the possession of the secured party be preserved or maintained;(B)In the proposal, proposes to accept collateral in full satisfaction of the obligation it secures; and(C)Does not receive a notification of objection authenticated by the debtor within twenty days after the proposal is sent.(d) To be effective under subsection (a)(2), a notification of objection must be received by the secured party:(1)In the case of a person to which the proposal was sent pursuant to §57A-9-621, within twenty days after notification was sent to that person; and(2)In other cases:(A)Within twenty days after the last notification was sent pursuant to §57A-9-621; or(B)If a notification was not sent, before the debtor consents to the acceptance under subsection (c).(e) A secured party that has taken possession of collateral shall dispose of the collateral pursuant to §57A-9-610 within the time specified in subsection (f) if:(1)Sixty percent of the cash price has been paid in the case of a purchase-money security interest in consumer goods; or(2)Sixty percent of the principal amount of the obligation secured has been paid in the case of a non-purchase-money security interest in consumer goods .(f) To comply with subsection (e), the secured party shall dispose of the collateral:(1)Within ninety days after taking possession; or(2)Within any longer period to which the debtor and all secondary obligors have agreed in an agreement to that effect entered into and authenticated after default. (g) In a consumer transaction, a secured party may not accept collateral in partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures. Source: SL 2000, ch 231.