South Dakota § 44-8-17 - Real property sold on execution or on mortgage foreclosure--Renewal of insurance by purchaser--Payments of taxes or assessments by purchaser--Addition to cost of redemption from sale.
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§ 44-8-17. Real property sold on execution or on mortgage foreclosure--Renewal of insurance by purchaser--Payments of taxes or assessments by purchaser--Addition to cost of redemption from sale.
In all cases where real property has been heretofore, or shall be hereafter, sold on execution or in any mortgage foreclosure proceeding, the purchaser at such sale, or his successor or successors in interest, may during the year or years of redemption, in case of the expiration during such year of any insurance policy on the premises sold, pay the premium necessary to procure a renewal of such policy; and in case of any taxes or assessments being delinquent, or in case any installment of interest or principal upon any prior or superior mortgage shall be due or become due during such period of redemption, the purchaser may pay the same when or after due, and in all such cases, the amount so paid, with interest thereon, shall be and constitute a part of the sum necessary to be paid for the redemption from such sale.
Source: SL 1913, ch 274, § 1; RC 1919, § 2888; SL 1923, ch 223; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.3009.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 44-8-17 ("Real property sold on execution or on mortgage foreclosure--Renewal of insurance by purchaser--Payments of taxes or assessments by purchaser--Addition to cost of redemption from sale.") 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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