{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-59-1-5","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 59-1-5","heading":"Ostensible agency.","body":"Agency is ostensible when by conduct or want of ordinary care the principal causes a third person to believe another, who is not actually appointed, to be his agent.","path":["TITLE 59. AGENCY","CHAPTER 59-1. DEFINITION AND KINDS OF AGENCY"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/59-1-5","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"06eb25a224fed28405ffbc91ddbae607fa56ef53a844ec0499f47a58281702dc","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-59-1-4","next":"us-sd/sdcl-59-2-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}