{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-29a-3-714","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 29A-3-714","heading":"Persons dealing with personal representative--Protection.","body":"A person who in good faith either assists a personal representative or deals with a personal representative for value is protected as if the personal representative was properly authorized to act. The fact that a person deals with a personal representative with knowledge of the representative capacity does not alone require the person to inquire into the existence of a power or the propriety of its exercise. Except for restrictions on powers of supervised personal representatives which are endorsed on letters as provided in § 29A-3-504, no provision in any will or order of court purporting to limit the power of a personal representative is effective except as to persons with actual knowledge thereof. A person is not bound to see to the proper application of estate assets paid or delivered to a personal representative. The protection here expressed extends to instances in which some procedural irregularity or jurisdictional defect occurred in proceedings leading to the issuance of letters, including a case in which an alleged decedent is found to be alive.\nSource: SL 1994, ch 232, § 3-714.","path":["TITLE 29A. UNIFORM PROBATE CODE","CHAPTER 29A-3. PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/29A-3-714","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"38c46a2d9894e2806d215a695da4fc9e23ce9df7c24021576164abe9b3bc348b","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-29a-3-713","next":"us-sd/sdcl-29a-3-715"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}