Landlord notice deadlines — South Dakota
In South Dakota, the checked deadlines on this page cover: ending a tenancy, raising the rent. Each figure carries its statute and the stamp Rules checked October 2026. Run your exact dates through the checker — the period is only half the answer; the counting rule is the other half.
| End a tenancy | 30 days — month-to-month (SDCL § 43-32-13). 30 days' written notice. Active-duty servicemembers and their immediate family get 2 months (SDCL § 43-8-8). 7 days — week-to-week (SDCL § 43-32-15). 1 week's written notice. fixed-term — no fixed period in the statute (SDCL § 43-32-22(1)). A fixed-term lease ends on its stated date with no notice required. |
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| Raise the rent | 30 days (S.D. Codified Laws § 43-32-13). No cap, and local caps are barred. 30 days' written notice for a change in a month-to-month tenancy. |
| How days are counted | No South Dakota counting rule was verified from a primary source for this dataset, and no pre-filing notice exists to count for nonpayment. |
| Just cause | No statewide just-cause requirement. |
| Sources checked | https://www.docdraft.ai/legal-document/eviction-notice/south-dakota https://www.apartments.com/rental-manager/resources/state-laws?state=South+Dakota |
Pay or quit: No pre-filing written notice is required. The 2024 law (SB 90, SL 2024 ch. 75, effective July 1, 2024) repealed SDCL § 21-16-2, the old notice-to-quit-before-filing statute. Rent must simply be 3 days past due before a nonpayment case can be filed (SDCL § 21-16-1(4)). A landlord may still give a notice voluntarily, but it is not a legal prerequisite. South Dakota gives no statutory cure right.
Local rules sit on top of state law in many places — city just-cause lists, rent boards, and prescribed local forms. A state deadline is the floor of the analysis, never a promise that no local rule adds to it.
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