58-10-3. Procurement of insurance on own life or body for benefit of another--Interest required for insurance on life or body of another.
Any individual of competent legal capacity may procure or effect an insurance contract upon his own life or body for the benefit of any person. But no person shall procure or cause to be procured any insurance contract upon the life or body of another individual unless the benefits under such contract are payable to the individual insured or his personal representatives, or to a person having, at the time when such contract was made, an insurable interest in the individual insured.
Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 22, ยง4 (1).
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 10 - Insurable Interest
Section 58-10-1 - Application to all insurance and annuity contracts--Exceptions.
Section 58-10-2 - Policy defined.
Section 58-10-4 - Insurable interest in personal insurance defined.
Section 58-10-5 - Insurance benefits recoverable from beneficiary without insurable interest.
Section 58-10-6 - Consent of insured required for life or health insurance on an individual.
Section 58-10-7 - Insurance of property--Insurable interest required.
Section 58-10-8 - Insurable interest in property defined.
Section 58-10-9 - Measure of insurable interest in property.
Section 58-10-11 - Change of property interest on death of insured.
Section 58-10-12 - Transfer of property interest between joint insureds.
Section 58-10-13 - Trust defined.
Section 58-10-14 - Business trust defined.
Section 58-10-15 - Trust to be governed by South Dakota law.
Section 58-10-16 - Retroactive effect of statutory provisions regarding trusts.