Statutes > South Dakota Statutes > Title 44 - LIENS > Chapter 06 - Vendor's And Vendee's Liens > Section 44-6-1 - Purchase price of real property--Special or vendor's lien.

Section 44-6-1 - Purchase price of real property--Special or vendor's lien.

44-6-1. Purchase price of real property--Special or vendor's lien. One who sells real property has a special or vendor's lien thereon, independent of possession, for so much of the price as remains unpaid and unsecured otherwise than by the personal obligation of the buyer.

Source: CivC 1877, § 1801; CL 1887, § 4436; RCivC 1903, § 2148; RC 1919, § 1689; SDC 1939, § 39.0601.