South Dakota § 43-12-4 - Covenants running with land--Limitation to certain assigns.
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§ 43-12-4. Covenants running with land--Limitation to certain assigns.
A covenant for the addition of some new thing to real property, or for the direct benefit of some part of the property not then in existence or annexed thereto, when contained in a grant of an estate in such property, and made by the covenantor expressly for his assigns, or to the assigns of the covenantee, runs with the land so far only as the assigns thus mentioned are concerned.
Source: CivC 1877, § 823; CL 1887, § 3447; RCivC 1903, § 1140; RC 1919, § 747; SDC 1939, § 51.0426.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 43-12-4 ("Covenants running with land--Limitation to certain assigns.") 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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