55-7-4. Payment or transfer to fiduciary--Nonliability of transferor for improper application.
A person who in good faith pays or transfers to a fiduciary any money or other property which the fiduciary as such is authorized to receive, is not responsible for the proper application thereof by the fiduciary; and any right or title acquired from the fiduciary in consideration of such payment or transfer is not invalid in consequence of a misapplication by the fiduciary.
Source: SL 1943, ch 19, §2; SDC Supp 1960, §6.0702.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 55 - Fiduciaries and Trusts
Chapter 07 - Third Party Responsibility For Fiduciary Acts
Section 55-7-1 - Liability of third persons dealing with trustees.
Section 55-7-2 - Definition of terms.
Section 55-7-3 - A thing done "in good faith" defined.
Section 55-7-9 - Deposit in bank to fiduciary's personal account--Bank's liability to principal.
Section 55-7-10 - Deposit in bank in names of two or more trustees--Check drawn by one.
Section 55-7-12 - Law governing transactions not within Uniform Fiduciaries Act.
Section 55-7-13 - Act not retroactive.