43-2-13. Conveyance of interest in property to spouse--Joint tenancy created.
Any deed, transfer, or assignment of real or personal property from husband to wife or from wife to husband which conveys an interest in the grantor's lands or personal property and by its terms evinces an intent on the part of the grantor to create a joint tenancy between grantor and grantee shall be held and construed to create such joint tenancy, and any husband and wife who are grantor and grantee in any such deed, transfer, or assignment heretofore given shall hold the property described in such deed, transfer, or assignment as joint tenants.
Source: SDC 1939, ยง51.0212 as added by SL 1951, ch 255.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 02 - Ownership Of Property
Section 43-2-1 - Ownership defined.
Section 43-2-2 - Property and rights subject to ownership.
Section 43-2-3 - Wild animals subject to ownership.
Section 43-2-4 - Absolute or qualified ownership of property.
Section 43-2-5 - Absolute ownership of property defined.
Section 43-2-6 - Qualified ownership of property defined.
Section 43-2-7 - Public or private ownership of property--State as private proprietor.
Section 43-2-8 - Property owned by state.
Section 43-2-9 - Right of individual to take, hold, and dispose of property.
Section 43-2-10 - Sole ownership of property.
Section 43-2-11 - Ownership of property by several persons.
Section 43-2-12 - Joint tenancy interest--Title created by will or transfer.
Section 43-2-13 - Conveyance of interest in property to spouse--Joint tenancy created.
Section 43-2-14 - Conveyance to two or more grantees creating joint tenancy.
Section 43-2-15 - Partnership interest defined.
Section 43-2-16 - Interest in common defined.
Section 43-2-17 - Interest created in several persons in their own right as interest in common.