Dakota State University: Does the AG guide impose a general size limit on a residential security deposit?

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 describes a general maximum of one month’s rent,with an exception for special conditions posing danger to maintaining the premises;its example includes a pet-related deposit. This is the retained AG guidance,not a newly checked copy of the deposit-cap statute or a property-specific quote.