South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 04 - Uniform Trusts Act
Section 55-4-17 - Unenforceable oral trust created by deed--Duties of intended trustee--Conveyance of real property interest under oral trust.

55-4-17. Unenforceable oral trust created by deed--Duties of intended trustee--Conveyance of real property interest under oral trust.
When an interest in real property is conveyed by deed to a person on a trust which is unenforceable on account of the statute of frauds and the intended trustee or his successor in interest still holds title but refuses to carry out the trust on account of the statute of frauds, the intended trustee or his successor in interest, except to the extent that the successor in interest is a bona fide purchaser of a legal interest in the real property in question, shall be under a duty to convey the interest in real property to the settlor or his successor in interest. A court having jurisdiction may prescribe the conditions upon which the interest shall be conveyed to the settlor or his successor in interest.

Source: SL 1943, ch 308, §16; SDC Supp 1960, §59.0516 (1).

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 55 - Fiduciaries and Trusts

Chapter 04 - Uniform Trusts Act

Section 55-4-1 - Definition of terms.

Section 55-4-2 - Powers attached to the office of trustee.

Section 55-4-3 - Number of trustees for exercise of powers.

Section 55-4-4 - Liability of trustee not joining in exercise of power.

Section 55-4-5 - Cotrustee--Liability for maladministration of trust.

Section 55-4-6 - Voting of corporate stock owned by trustee.

Section 55-4-7 - Creation of trust--Bank account to pay special debts.

Section 55-4-8 - Trust to pay special debts--Failure of beneficiary to present claim for payment--Revocation of trust by depositor.

Section 55-4-9 - Holding stock in name of nominee.

Section 55-4-10 - Loan of trust funds.

Section 55-4-11 - Corporate trustee depositing trust funds with self--Interest.

Section 55-4-12 - Corporate trustee depositing trust funds with self--Maintenance of required value--Ownership of income--Items specified in statements of financial condition to Division of Banking.

Section 55-4-13 - Trustee not to buy from or sell to self--Exception.

Section 55-4-14 - Permitted sales between trusts held by same corporate trustee.

Section 55-4-15 - Corporate trustee buying its own stock.

Section 55-4-16 - Withdrawals from mingled trust funds.

Section 55-4-17 - Unenforceable oral trust created by deed--Duties of intended trustee--Conveyance of real property interest under oral trust.

Section 55-4-18 - Unenforceable oral trust created by deed--Liability of trustee to settlor for transfer of real property.

Section 55-4-19 - Action on contract against trustee in representative capacity--Execution against trust property--Intervention by beneficiary.

Section 55-4-20 - Action on contract against trustee--Notice to beneficiaries.

Section 55-4-21 - Action on contract against trustee--Personal liability of trustee.

Section 55-4-22 - Exoneration or reimbursement of trustee for tort committed in administration of trust.

Section 55-4-23 - Exoneration or reimbursement of trustee for tort--Increase in value of trust property.

Section 55-4-24 - Liability of trustees of charitable trust for torts not changed by provisions of law as to exoneration or reimbursement of trustee for tort.

Section 55-4-25 - Tort liability of trust estate--Action against trustee, amount of recovery, intervention by beneficiary.

Section 55-4-26 - Tort liability of trust estate--Action against trustee, proof as to reimbursement unnecessary.

Section 55-4-27 - Tort liability of trust estate--Action against trustee, notice to beneficiaries.

Section 55-4-28 - Personal liability for tort committed by trustee.

Section 55-4-29 - Existing law as to charitable immunity not changed by law as to tort liability of trust estate.

Section 55-4-30 - Power of settlor of trust.

Section 55-4-31 - Trustee not liable if beneficiary consents to conduct or releases trustee from liability or ratifies transaction.

Section 55-4-32 - Relieving trustee of duties--Power of the court.

Section 55-4-33 - Liabilities for violations of chapter.

Section 55-4-34 - Application of chapter to testamentary trust.

Section 55-4-35 - Uniformity of interpretation.

Section 55-4-36 - Citation of chapter.

Section 55-4-37 - Liability for fiduciary's partnership interest limited.

Section 55-4-38 - Limitation on trustee's power to make distributions to his or her benefit.

Section 55-4-39 - "Trustee" construed broadly.

Section 55-4-40 - Applicability of §§ 55-4-38 and 55-4-39.

Section 55-4-41 - Certain trustees exempted from §§ 55-4-38 to 55-4-40, inclusive.

Section 55-4-50 - Co-trustee's inability or failure to perform.

Section 55-4-51 - Certificate of trust furnished in lieu of copy of trust instrument or will that creates testamentary trust--Contents.

Section 55-4-51.1 - Recording of certificate of trust--Reliance upon content.

Section 55-4-51.2 - Applicability of §§ 55-4-51 and 55-4-51.1.

Section 55-4-51.3 - Form of certificate of trust in support of a real property transaction.

Section 55-4-52 - Request for excerpts from trust instrument.

Section 55-4-53 - Limitation of liability for acting in reliance on certificate of trust.

Section 55-4-54 - Enforcement of transaction entered into in reliance on certificate of trust.

Section 55-4-55 - Liability for bad faith demand for trust instrument.

Section 55-4-56 - Right to obtain copy of trust instrument in judicial proceeding.

Section 55-4-57 - Time for commencing judicial proceeding to contest validity of trust--Distribution of trust property--Recovery of improper distribution--Notice.

Section 55-4-58 - Presentation of claims against property of trust revocable at settlor's death.