SDCL § 58-4A-10: Consent agreement not prohibited.

Notwithstanding any other section of this chapter, the unit or its designees, and a person alleged to have committed a fraudulent insurance act as set forth in § 58-4A-2, are not prohibited from entering into a written agreement upon commencement of a civil action in which the person alleged to have committed a fraudulent insurance act does not admit or deny the charges but consents to payment of the civil penalty.