Dakota State University: Can an unwritten Madison rental arrangement still bind a relocating household?

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.

Yes. The AG guide says oral rental agreements can bind both sides,with an oral lease limited to one year. It determines an unspecified rental period from how often rent is paid. Lack of a paper lease therefore does not itself make the household free of a rental obligation.