South Dakota § 29A-3-910 - Purchasers from distributees protected.
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§ 29A-3-910. Purchasers from distributees protected.
If property distributed in kind or a security interest therein is acquired for value by a purchaser from or lender to a distributee who has received an instrument or deed of distribution from the personal representative, or is so acquired by a purchaser from or lender to a transferee from such distributee, the purchaser or lender takes title free of rights of any interested person in the estate and incurs no personal liability to the estate, or to any interested person, whether or not the distribution was proper or supported by court order or the authority of the personal representative was terminated before execution of the instrument or deed. This section protects a purchaser from or lender to any distributee or subsequent transferee, including a distributee who, as personal representative, executed a deed of distribution in the distributee's own favor. To be protected under this provision, a purchaser or lender need not inquire whether a personal representative acted properly in making the distribution in kind, even if the personal representative and the distributee are the same person, or whether the authority of the personal representative had terminated before the distribution. Any recorded instrument described in this section on which a state documentary fee is noted is prima facie evidence that such transfer was made for value.
Source: SL 1994, ch 232, § 3-910.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 29A-3-910 ("Purchasers from distributees protected.") 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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