South Dakota § 43-25-24 - Conveyances by unincorporated association prior to 1979 validated--Presumption as to legal capacity--Vested rights protected.
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§ 43-25-24. Conveyances by unincorporated association prior to 1979 validated--Presumption as to legal capacity--Vested rights protected.
All conveyances of real property, dated, and recorded in the county where the property is situated, by any unincorporated religious, benevolent, fraternal, charitable, or educational association, prior to January 1, 1992, are, notwithstanding the omission of a resolution directing such conveyance, or the giving of notice of the proposed action thereon, by the said association, its trustees, officers, or members, as provided in § 43-25-22, validated, legalized, and cured to the extent that such conveyances shall operate to convey to the persons named as grantees therein, all the right, title, and interest of any of said associations, whether such conveyances purport to have been executed by the members, officers, trustees, agents, or directors thereof; provided, however, that nothing appears of record subsequent to any such conveyances purporting to divest such persons, or their immediate or remote grantees, of such purported interest.
In order to effectuate the purposes of the foregoing provisions, it shall be conclusively presumed that all such associations had legal capacity to own such real estate and had the legal right to convey the same.
If any person had any vested right in any real property so conveyed, and no action or proceeding to enforce such right was begun prior to July 1, 1993, such right shall be forever barred; and no action or proceeding so brought shall be of any force or effect or maintainable in any court of this state unless, prior to July 1, 1993, there was recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the real property affected is situated, a notice of the pendency of such action, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 15-10.
Source: SL 1959, ch 462; SDC Supp 1960, § 65.0342; SL 1963, ch 463; SL 1969, ch 289; SL 1980, ch 295; SL 1992, ch 307, § 54.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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