South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 09 - Charitable Trusts
Section 55-9-7 - Restrictions deemed incorporated in instrument creating charitable trust or foundation.

55-9-7. Restrictions deemed incorporated in instrument creating charitable trust or foundation.
Any will or trust instrument creating a trust which is a private foundation, charitable trust, or a split-interest trust and any other instrument governing the trustee of any such trust or the use, retention, or disposition of any of the income or property of such trust, shall be deemed to have incorporated within such will, trust instrument, or other governing instrument with the same effect as though such language were set forth verbatim in such will, trust instrument, or other governing instrument, the provisions set forth in §§55-9-8 to 55-9-12, inclusive, with respect to such trust and the trustee thereof, and, except as the contrary is provided in §§55-9-13 and 55-9-14, such provisions shall govern the administration and distribution of any such trust irrespective of any provisions of any applicable will, trust instrument, or other governing instrument, statute or law of this state to the contrary.

Source: SL 1972, ch 259, §2.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 55 - Fiduciaries and Trusts

Chapter 09 - Charitable Trusts

Section 55-9-1 - Express trusts--Creation for charitable, educational, religious, or other public use.

Section 55-9-2 - Validity of trust not affected by uncertainty or violation of rule against perpetuities--Disposal of property by trustee.

Section 55-9-3 - Action to enforce charitable trust--Liberal construction to carry out intent--Notice of action to attorney general.

Section 55-9-4 - Incomplete or imperfect trust--Purposes impracticable or impossible of performance--Administration to accomplish general purpose--Order of court with consent of donor, if alive and competent.

Section 55-9-5 - Enforcement by attorney general as representative of beneficiaries--Exception.

Section 55-9-6 - Restrictions to avoid taxability of income--Definition of terms.

Section 55-9-7 - Restrictions deemed incorporated in instrument creating charitable trust or foundation.

Section 55-9-8 - Self-dealing by trustee prohibited.

Section 55-9-9 - Distributions required to avoid taxes.

Section 55-9-10 - Retention of excess business holdings prohibited.

Section 55-9-11 - Investments to jeopardize exempt purposes prohibited.

Section 55-9-12 - Taxable expenditures prohibited.

Section 55-9-13 - Judicial determination that restrictive provisions are contrary to instrument creating trust.

Section 55-9-14 - State supervisory powers unimpaired by restrictions to avoid taxability of income.