Any regulated lender as defined in § 54-3-14 has no duty to disclose information about its customers and has no duty to provide an opinion about the creditworthiness of its customers unless such information or opinion is required pursuant to a valid subpoena, court order, statute, or other legal process, or unless the customer authorizes the release of such information or opinion. A regulated lender may restrict the dissemination of information and creditworthiness of its customers by written policy or agreement.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 51A-1-17

  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • 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 2000, ch 224, § 1.