S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-3-1202
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Effect of affidavit
Official statutory text
(a) The person paying, delivering, transferring, or issuing personal property or the evidence thereof pursuant to affidavit is discharged and released as if the person had dealt with a personal representative of the decedent, and is not required to see to the application of the personal property or evidence thereof or to inquire into the truth of any statement in the affidavit.
(b) If any person to whom an affidavit is delivered refuses to pay, deliver, transfer, or issue any personal property or evidence thereof, it may be recovered in a proceeding by or on behalf of the persons entitled to receive it upon proof of the facts required to be stated in the affidavit.
(c) Any person to whom payment, delivery, transfer or issuance is made is liable and accountable therefor to any personal representative of the estate or to any other person having a superior right.
(d) Any affiant receiving payment or delivery of personal property under this section shall be responsible for seeing that the property is applied to liens and encumbrances, homestead allowance, exempt property, family allowance, funeral expenses, expenses of administration and creditor claims, as required by law, and that any remaining property is distributed to heirs and devisees entitled thereto.
(e) An affiant submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the affidavit that may be instituted by any interested person.
Source: SL 1994, ch 232, § 3-1202; SL 1995, ch 167, § 137.
(b) If any person to whom an affidavit is delivered refuses to pay, deliver, transfer, or issue any personal property or evidence thereof, it may be recovered in a proceeding by or on behalf of the persons entitled to receive it upon proof of the facts required to be stated in the affidavit.
(c) Any person to whom payment, delivery, transfer or issuance is made is liable and accountable therefor to any personal representative of the estate or to any other person having a superior right.
(d) Any affiant receiving payment or delivery of personal property under this section shall be responsible for seeing that the property is applied to liens and encumbrances, homestead allowance, exempt property, family allowance, funeral expenses, expenses of administration and creditor claims, as required by law, and that any remaining property is distributed to heirs and devisees entitled thereto.
(e) An affiant submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the affidavit that may be instituted by any interested person.
Source: SL 1994, ch 232, § 3-1202; SL 1995, ch 167, § 137.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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