Dakota State University: How should a promised private-lease change be made binding in the written agreement?

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.

The AG guide says changes require agreement by landlord and tenant;each should initial and date revisions on both copies. An attached addendum must be signed and dated by both,and complete signed copies retained. A landlord may refuse a requested change;an oral promise should not replace the written revision.