Dakota State University: What steps precede the AG guide’s repair-and-deduct or repair-related move-out remedies?

DIRECT ANSWER

Retained SD Attorney General educational guidance,not a new statutory verification. Its stale two-week deposit-return statement is excluded; current retained §43-32-24 controls that timing. Covered private residential rental only; actual agreement and law govern.

It requires notice of needed repairs,a reasonable opportunity to act,and landlord neglect before the described repair-and-deduct or vacating remedies. It recommends written specifics and a reasonable deadline. If necessary repairs exceed one month’s rent,it describes prior written withholding notice,a separate repair account and evidence of deposit. These are conditional remedies,not permission to stop paying rent casually.