{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-21-9-2","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 21-9-2","heading":"Obligations and agreements not specifically enforceable.","body":"The following obligations cannot be specifically enforced:\n(1) An obligation to render personal service;\n(2) An obligation to employ another in personal service;\n(3) An agreement to submit a controversy to arbitration except as authorized in the Uniform Arbitration Act;\n(4) An agreement to perform an act which the party has not power lawfully to perform when required to do so;\n(5) An agreement to procure the act or consent of the spouse of the contracting party, or of any other third person;\n(6) An agreement, the terms of which are not sufficiently certain, to make the precise act which is to be done clearly ascertainable.","path":["TITLE 21. JUDICIAL REMEDIES","CHAPTER 21-9. ACTIONS FOR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/21-9-2","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"7e766903064de7329657952963d5ab87133c51ccc88021235fd0e4c762f383d1","source_id":"us-sd","stale":false,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-21-9-1","next":"us-sd/sdcl-21-9-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}