Any breach of contract action between a lessor and a lessee that arises out of a real property lease agreement shall be tried in the county in which any portion of the real property subject to the lease agreement is located.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 15-5-8.1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

Source: SL 2016, ch 110, § 1.