Property Management

South Dakota's residential landlord-tenant law governs the relationship between residential landlords and tenants. A landlord's failure to maintain habitable conditions may give tenants the right to:

APurchase the property at a discount
BTerminate the lease or seek rent reduction✓ Correct
CFile a complaint with the SDREC
DWithhold rent without any consequence

Explanation

South Dakota law requires landlords to maintain rental units in a habitable condition. Failure to do so may allow tenants to terminate the lease, seek rent reduction, or pursue other remedies depending on the circumstances.

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