Security deposit, gift card cash back, and final paycheck law for South Dakota — each rule with its statute citation and the date it was verified.
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Security deposit
Your landlord had 21 days to return your deposit or list the deductions in writing. If they were late or kept it wrongly, a landlord who misses the deadline loses the right to keep any of it, and bad-faith keeping can add up to $200.
Return deadline21 days
If the landlord is late or keeps it wronglyForfeiture of all rights to withhold, plus punitive damages of up to $200 for bad-faith retention
Verified from the 2026 amendment (2026 S.B. 4, signed Feb. 11, 2026): deadline changed from two weeks to 21 days. Itemized accounting due within 45 days on tenant request.
Gift card cash back
No statute
This state has no law that lets you cash out a small gift card balance. The card keeps working until it is used up or expires under federal rules.
Cash backNo statute
No state cash-back statute · Verified 2026-10-21
No state cash-redemption statute found in the statute survey for this run; federal gift-card rules on expiry and fees still apply.
Final paycheck
Verification in progress
This state's final paycheck row has not been verified against the statute text yet. It is left blank on purpose.
Status: pending
Not verified to the statute-text standard in this run. Left blank on purpose — never filled from a secondary summary alone.