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South Dakota

Title 55 · Chapter 55-4
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55-4-1. Definition of terms.
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55-4-2. Powers attached to the office of trustee.
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55-4-3. Number of trustees for exercise of powers.
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55-4-4. Liability of trustee not joining in exercise of power.
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55-4-5. Cotrustee--Liability for maladministration of trust.
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55-4-6. Voting of corporate stock owned by trustee.
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55-4-7. Creation of trust--Bank account to pay special debts.
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55-4-8. Trust to pay special debts--Failure of beneficiary to present claim for payment--Revocation of trust by depositor.
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55-4-9. Holding stock in name of nominee.
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55-4-10. Loan of trust funds.
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55-4-11. Corporate trustee depositing trust funds with self--Interest.
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55-4-12. Corporate trustee depositing trust funds with self--Maintenance of required value--Ownership of income--Items specified in statements of financial condition to Division of Banking.
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55-4-13. Trustee not to buy from or sell to self--Exception.
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55-4-14. Permitted sales between trusts held by same corporate trustee.
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55-4-15. Corporate trustee buying its own stock.
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55-4-16. Withdrawals from mingled trust funds.
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55-4-17. Unenforceable oral trust created by deed--Duties of intended trustee--Conveyance of real property interest under oral trust.
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55-4-18. Unenforceable oral trust created by deed--Liability of trustee to settlor for transfer of real property.
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55-4-19. Action on contract against trustee in representative capacity--Execution against trust property--Intervention by beneficiary.
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55-4-20. Action on contract against trustee--Notice to beneficiaries.
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55-4-21. Action on contract against trustee--Personal liability of trustee.
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55-4-22. Exoneration or reimbursement of trustee for tort committed in administration of trust.
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55-4-23. Exoneration or reimbursement of trustee for tort--Increase in value of trust property.
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55-4-24. Liability of trustees of charitable trust for torts not changed by provisions of law as to exoneration or reimbursement of trustee for tort.
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55-4-25. Tort liability of trust estate--Action against trustee, amount of recovery, intervention by beneficiary.
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55-4-26. Tort liability of trust estate--Action against trustee, proof as to reimbursement unnecessary.
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55-4-27. Tort liability of trust estate--Action against trustee, notice to beneficiaries.
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55-4-28. Personal liability for tort committed by trustee.
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55-4-29. Existing law as to charitable immunity not changed by law as to tort liability of trust estate.
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55-4-30. Power of settlor of trust.
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55-4-31. Trustee not liable if beneficiary consents to conduct or releases trustee from liability or ratifies transaction.
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55-4-32. Relieving trustee of duties--Power of the court.
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55-4-33. Liabilities for violations of chapter.
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55-4-34. Application of chapter to testamentary trust.
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55-4-35. Uniformity of interpretation.
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55-4-36. Citation of chapter.
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55-4-37. Liability for fiduciary's partnership interest limited.
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55-4-38. Limitation on trustee's power to make distributions to his or her benefit.
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55-4-39. "Trustee" construed broadly.
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55-4-40. Applicability of §§ 55-4-38 and 55-4-39.
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55-4-41. Certain trustees exempted from §§ 55-4-38 to 55-4-40, inclusive.
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55-4-42. 55-4-42 to 55-4-47. Repealed by SL 2010, ch 232, § 6.
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55-4-48. 55-4-48, 55-4-49. Repealed by SL 2002, ch 100, §§ 23, 24
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55-4-50. Co-trustee's inability or failure to perform.
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55-4-51. Certificate of trust furnished in lieu of copy of trust instrument or will that creates testamentary trust--Contents.
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55-4-51.1. Recording of certificate of trust--Reliance upon content.
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55-4-51.2. Applicability of §§ 55-4-51 and 55-4-51.1.
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55-4-51.3. Form of certificate of trust in support of a real property transaction.
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55-4-52. Request for excerpts from trust instrument.
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55-4-53. Limitation of liability for acting in reliance on certificate of trust.
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55-4-54. Enforcement of transaction entered into in reliance on certificate of trust.
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55-4-55. Liability for bad faith demand for trust instrument.
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55-4-56. Right to obtain copy of trust instrument in judicial proceeding.
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55-4-57. Time for commencing judicial proceeding to contest validity of trust--Distribution of trust property--Recovery of improper distribution--Notice.
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55-4-58. Presentation of claims against property of trust revocable at settlor's death.
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