South Dakota § 29A-2-210 - Personal liability of recipients.
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§ 29A-2-210. Personal liability of recipients.
(a) Only original recipients of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, and the donees of the recipients of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, to the extent the donees have the property or its proceeds, are liable to make a proportional contribution toward satisfaction of the surviving spouse's elective-share or supplemental elective-share amount. A person liable to make contribution may choose to give up the person's proportional part of the decedent's nonprobate transfers or to pay the value of the amount for which the person is liable.
(b) If any section or part of any section of this part is preempted by federal law with respect to a payment, an item of property, or any other benefit included in the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, a person who, not for value, receives the payment, item of property, or any other benefit is obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of that item of property or benefit, as provided in § 29A-2-209, to the person who would have been entitled to it were that section or part of that section not preempted.
Source: SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-210.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 29A-2-210 ("Personal liability of recipients.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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