No person who participates in the acquisition, disposition, assignment or transfer of a security by or to a fiduciary, including a person who guarantees the signature of the fiduciary, is liable for participation in any breach of fiduciary duty by reason of failure to inquire whether the transaction involves a breach unless it is shown that he acted with actual knowledge that the proceeds of the transaction were being or were to be used wrongfully for the individual benefit of the fiduciary or that the transaction was otherwise in breach of duty.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 55-8-13

  • Assignment: includes any written stock power, bond power, bill of sale, deed, declaration of trust, or other instrument of transfer. See South Dakota Codified Laws 55-8-1
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiduciary: means a personal representative, trustee, guardian, committee, conservator, curator, tutor, custodian, or nominee. See South Dakota Codified Laws 55-8-1
  • Person: includes an individual, a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity. See South Dakota Codified Laws 55-8-1
  • Security: includes any share of stock, bond, debenture, note, or other security issued by a corporation which is registered as to ownership on the books of the corporation. See South Dakota Codified Laws 55-8-1
  • Transfer: means a change on the books of a corporation in the registered ownership of a security. See South Dakota Codified Laws 55-8-1

Source: SL 1961, ch 22, § 7 (1).