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2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 43 - PROPERTY
Chapter 43 - Products Of The Mind
§ 43-43-2 Products of the mind--Joint ownership.


SD Codified L § 43-43-2 (2013) What's This?

43-43-2. Products of the mind--Joint ownership. Unless otherwise agreed a product of the mind, in the production of which several persons are jointly concerned, is owned by them as follows:

(1) If the product is single, in equal proportions; or

(2) If it is not single, in the proportion to the contribution of each.
Source: CivC 1877, § 571; CL 1887, § 3194; RCivC 1903, § 887; RC 1919, § 485; SDC 1939, § 51.0805.

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