No insurance contract heretofore or hereafter issued and which is otherwise valid shall be rendered invalid by reason of the apparent execution thereof on behalf of the insurer by the imprinted facsimile signature of an individual not authorized so to execute as of the date of the policy.

Any company which issues a bond as surety with facsimile signature under the law of this state shall, in any proceeding to enforce the liability which it has assumed to incur, be estopped to deny its corporate power to execute such instrument or assume such liability.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 58-11-25

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State: when used in context signifying a jurisdiction other than the State of South Dakota, a state, the District of Columbia, a territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States of America, or a province of the Dominion of Canada. See South Dakota Codified Laws 58-1-2

Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 22, § 20 (3); SL 1980, ch 170, § 2.