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Renting and the landlord, and when the police may come inside.
20 sections
Renting
- Getting The Deposit BackSDCL § 43-32-24 — twenty-one days after the tenancy ends and an address is given, or a written reason for keeping any of it
- When The Landlord Will Not Fix ItSDCL § 43-32-9 — after notice and a reasonable time, repair and deduct, move out, or hold the rent in a separate account
- When The Power Goes OffSDCL § 43-32-6 — a landlord who cuts off heat, power, gas or water owes two months' rent in damages
- Locked Out By The LandlordSDCL § 43-32-6 — quiet enjoyment, and a lockout that costs the landlord two months' rent and the deposit
- Being EvictedSDCL § 21-16-1 — holding over or rent unpaid for three days, two service attempts, five days to answer, and trial on two days' notice
- Notice To End A TenancySDCL § 43-32-15 — notice as long as the term, up to one month, and thirty days' written notice before a monthly lease changes
- What A Lease Cannot SaySDCL § 43-32-8 — the duty to repair cannot be waived, and no eviction for calling police about abuse
- Leaving A Lease EarlySDCL § 43-32-19.1 — a victim of abuse, sexual misconduct or stalking may end the lease with written notice and a report from the last thirty days
- When The Landlord Can Come InSDCL § 43-32-32 — reasonable notice, twenty-four hours in writing presumed reasonable, and entry at reasonable times
- When The Landlord RetaliatesSDCL § 43-32-27 — a rent hike, a cut in services or a notice to vacate after a complaint, a repair request, or a tenants' union
- Things Left BehindSDCL § 43-32-25 — $500 or less left ten days is presumed abandoned, and more is stored for thirty days
- A Lease After A DeathSDCL § 43-32-23 — a lease either side may end at will ends on notice of a death, and any other lease goes on
- After A FireSDCL § 43-32-19 — the tenant may end the lease when the greater part of the premises is destroyed through no ordinary fault of theirs
- A Squatter Is Not A TenantSDCL § 21-16-1 — entry by force, fraud or stealth, and a court action to recover possession
- A Mobile Home LotSDCL § 43-32-31 — ninety days' notice to move a home when the land is put to another use
- Thrown Out Of A HotelSDCL § 43-32-37 — the reasons a hotel, campground or RV park may eject a guest without refunding the rent
- Housing DiscriminationSDCL § 20-13-20 — race, color, creed, religion, sex, ancestry, disability, familial status or national origin, and a charge within one hundred eighty days
The police at the door
- TrespassSDCL § 22-35-6 — notice by word, by posting or by a fence, and defying an order to leavealso here
- Reading A Search WarrantSDCL § 23A-35-4 — searched within ten days, served in the daytime, notice before breaking in, and a copy and a receiptalso here
- When Police Are Called To A HouseSDCL § 23A-3-2.1 — an arrest the officer shall make, within forty-eight hours of an assault or on a violated orderalso here
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