No interest accrues under this chapter if an agency’s failure to timely pay interest required by § 5-26-3 is the result of a dispute between the agency and the business over the amount due or over compliance with the contract. In case of dispute, the agency shall, within thirty days of receipt of property or services and receipt of invoice, give written notice to the business of disagreement with property or services. The notice shall include the reasons for and other pertinent details of the dispute and a copy of the notice shall be kept on file with the agency.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 5-26-5

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1984, ch 41, § 5; SL 1985, ch 45, § 6; SL 1988, ch 59, § 4; SL 2018, ch 47, § 2.