{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-43-8-8","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 43-8-8","heading":"Estate at will--Residential property--Termination by notice--Extended notice for active military service.","body":"A tenancy or other estate at will for a residential property, however created, may be terminated by the landlord giving notice to the tenant in the manner prescribed by § 43-8-9 to remove from the premises within a period, specified in the notice, of not less than fifteen days. However, if the tenancy at will is the residence of a tenant who is on active military service or if a person on active military service is an immediate family member of the tenant, the tenant is entitled to two months' notice in the manner prescribed by § 43-8-9 unless:\n(1) The tenant has engaged in sustained conduct that is either disruptive to other residents or neighbors, illegal, destructive, negligent toward the maintenance of the property, or constitutes a material breach in the implied lease conditions; or\n(2) The landlord has sold the property or the property has passed to the landlord's estate.\nFor the purposes of this section, an immediate family member is a spouse or minor child.","path":["TITLE 43. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 43-8. PRESENT ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/43-8-8","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"dcbedc7dcdf7e4d46cb8bfd5e419f336c14e85437affe058f9012858e99725cf","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-43-8-7","next":"us-sd/sdcl-43-8-8.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}