25-2-7. Property rights and powers of spouse.
Each spouse shall have and retain after marriage all the civil and property rights of a single person. Each may buy and sell, receive and convey, or dispose of by will, or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property belonging to him or her or in which he or she may have an interest, without joining the name of the spouse except for the homestead.
Source: SDC 1939, §14.0207; SL 1984, ch 12, §41.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 02 - Rights And Obligations Of Marriage
Section 25-2-1 - Respect, fidelity, and support.
Section 25-2-3 - Joint tenancies and tenancies in common.
Section 25-2-4 - Rights in separate property.
Section 25-2-5 - Recording inventory of spouse's separate property--Prima facie evidence.
Section 25-2-6 - Separate property not liable for debts of spouse.
Section 25-2-7 - Property rights and powers of spouse.
Section 25-2-8 - Conveyance of spouse's separate property.
Section 25-2-10 - Property transactions of husband or wife--Transactions between spouses.
Section 25-2-11 - Joint and several liability for necessaries.
Section 25-2-12 - Right to spouse's earnings--Earnings of minor children.
Section 25-2-14 - Responsibility for acts of spouse.
Section 25-2-15 - Spouse's power to sue.
Section 25-2-16 - Definitions.
Section 25-2-17 - Formalities.
Section 25-2-19 - Effect of marriage.
Section 25-2-20 - Amendment--Revocation.
Section 25-2-21 - Enforcement.
Section 25-2-22 - Enforcement--Void marriage.
Section 25-2-23 - Limitation of actions.