A gratuitous employee who accepts a written power of attorney shall act under it so long as it remains in force, or until the employee gives notice to the employer that the employee will no longer do so.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 60-3-2

  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: CivC 1877, § 1134; CL 1887, § 3757; RCivC 1903, § 1453; RC 1919, § 1077; SDC 1939, § 17.0302; SL 2008, ch 276, § 25.

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