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In South Dakota, you can use an Affidavit for estates worth less than $50,000, less liens and encumbrances for real property and $100,000 for personal property.
S.D. Codified Laws Ann. 29A-3-1201 and following.
You can use "informal probate" regardless of the size of the estate.
South Dakota, like most states, does not impose an estate or inheritance tax. Only a few states do.
No. S.D. Codified Laws §§ 43-31-30, 43-45-13.
Real property to unlimited value or mobile home (larger than 240 sq. ft. at its base and registered in state at least 6 months before filing) to unlimited value; property cannot exceed 1 acre in town or 160 acres elsewhere; sale proceeds to $30,000 ($170,000 if over age 70 or widow or widower who hasn't remarried) exempt for 1 year after sale (husband & wife may not double)
no specific exemption
In South Dakota, you can receive unemployment benefits for a maximum of 26 weeks under state law.
The minimum wage in South Dakota is $11.20 an hour. Because this is higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, employees in South Dakota must be paid at least $11.20 an hour.
In South Dakota, your employer may pay you a minimum wage of $5.60 an hour, as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your total hourly pay up to the full minimum wage, $11.20 an hour. If you don’t earn enough in tips to bring your compensation to the full minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference.