An authority expressed in general terms, however broad, does not authorize an agent to do any act that a trustee is forbidden to do by the law on trusts or that an agent is forbidden to do by the law on fiduciary access to digital assets.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 59-3-11

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

Source: CivC 1877, § 1361, subdiv 3; CL 1887, § 3984, subdiv 3; RCivC 1903, § 1680, subdiv 3; RC 1919, § 1262 (3); SDC 1939, § 3.0205 (3); SL 2017, ch 209, § 28.