If § 21-22-30 or 55-3-45 do not apply, absent fraud, intentional misrepresentation, or material omission, an action to recover for breach of trust against a qualified person as defined in § 55-3-41 or an officer, director, or employee of a qualified person may be commenced only within two years of a trustee‘s accounting for the period of the breach pursuant to chapter 55-3. In the case of fraud, intentional misrepresentation, or material omission, the limitation period does not commence to run until discovery of the breach of trust.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 15-2-36

  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

Source: SL 2007, ch 247, § 5; SL 2010, ch 232, § 27.