South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-529. Lessor’s action for a rent
(1) After default by the lessee under the lease contract (§ 57A-2A-523(1)), if the lessor complies with subsection (2) of this section, the lessor may recover from the lessee as damages:
(a) For goods accepted by the lessee and not repossessed by or effectively tendered back to the lessor and for conforming goods lost or damaged after risk of loss passes to the lessee (§ 57A-2A-219),
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-529
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Goods: means all things that are movable at the time of identification to the lease contract, or are fixtures (§. See South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-103
- Lease: means a transfer of the right to possession and use of goods for a term in return for consideration, but a sale, including a sale on approval or a sale or return, or retention or creation of a security interest is not a lease. See South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-103
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Lease agreement: means the bargain, with respect to the lease, of the lessor and the lessee in fact as found in their language or by implication from other circumstances including course of dealing or usage of trade or course of performance as provided in this chapter. See South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-103
- Lease contract: means the total legal obligation that results from the lease agreement as affected by this chapter and any other applicable rules of law. See South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-103
- Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-103
- Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-103
- Present value: means the amount as of a date certain of one or more sums payable in the future, discounted to the date certain. See South Dakota Codified Laws 57A-2A-103
(i) Accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of entry of judgment in favor of lessor,
(ii) The present value as of the date determined under subparagraph (i) of the rent for the then remaining lease term of the lease agreement, and
(iii) Any incidental damages allowed under § 57A-2A-530, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee’s default; and
(b) For goods identified to the lease contract where the lessor has never delivered the goods or has taken possession of them or the lessee has effectively tendered them back to the lessor, if the lessor is unable after reasonable effort to dispose of them at a reasonable price or the circumstances reasonably indicate that such an effort will be unavailing,
(i) Accrued and unpaid rent as of the date of entry of judgment in favor of the lessor,
(ii) The present value as of the date determined under subparagraph (i) of the rent for the then remaining lease term of the lease agreement, and
(iii) Any incidental damages allowed under § 57A-2A-530, less expenses saved in consequence of the lessee’s default.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the lessor shall hold for the lessee for the remaining lease term of the lease agreement any goods that have been identified to the lease contract and are in the lessor’s control.
(3) The lessor may dispose of the goods at any time before collection of the judgment for damages obtained pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. If the disposition is before the end of the remaining lease term of the lease agreement, the lessor’s recovery against the lessee for damages will be governed by § 57A-2A-527 or 57A-2A-528, and the lessor will cause an appropriate credit to be provided against any judgment for damages to the extent that the amount of the judgment exceeds the recovery available pursuant to § 57A-2A-527 or 57A-2A-528.
(4) Payment of the judgment for damages obtained pursuant to subsection (1) of this section entitles the lessee to use and possession of the goods not then disposed of for the remaining lease term of the lease agreement, provided that the lessee complies with all other terms and conditions of the lease agreement.
(5) After a lessee has wrongfully rejected or revoked acceptance of goods, has failed to pay rent then due, or has repudiated (§ 57A-2A-402), a lessor who is held not entitled to rent under this section must nevertheless be awarded damages for nonacceptance under §§ 57A-2A-527 and 57A-2A-528.
Source: SL 1989, ch 419, § 1; SL 1990, ch 390, § 25.