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What does South Dakota law tell a homeowner before a home job?

South Dakota is not graded in the 2026 Home Job Readiness Grade: 2 of 4 measures could be scored from official text. The grade covers what state law and official state pages tell a homeowner about deposits, written contracts, cancelling and an online contractor record.

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South Dakota Home Job Readiness Grade 2026: Not graded - Not graded this year - 2 of 4 measures not yet scored.

This grade is a compilation of statute text and official state pages, reviewed 24 October 2026. It is not legal advice.

How did each measure score?

Statutory deposit limit: 0 of 2 points

No statutory deposit limit was found in the official sources reviewed 22 October 2026. Not found means not found in the sources checked; it is not an official statement that the state has no cap.

Official sources reviewed: source 1, source 2, source 3, source 4, source 5

Written-contract rule for home-improvement work: Not scored

Not scored: written-contract rule for home-improvement work - the official text on file did not settle this measure for both reviewers (reviewed 24 October 2026).

Statutory right to cancel: 2 of 2 points

A state statute gives a right to cancel that reaches home-improvement contracts or sales made at the home within the scope and dollar limits in the quoted words below.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "door to door sale" means, except as provided by § 37-24-5.2, any sale, lease, or rental of goods or services with a purchase price of twenty-five dollars or more, whether under single or multiple contracts, in which the seller or his representative personally solicits the sale, including those in response to or following an invitation by the buyer, and the buyer's agreement or offer to purchase is made at a place other than the place of business of the seller.

Source: S.D. Codified Laws § 37-24-5.1, read 14 October 2026

It is a deceptive act or practice, within the meaning of § 37-24-6, for any seller, in connection with any door to door sale, to: (1) Fail to furnish the buyer with a fully completed receipt or copy of any contract pertaining to such sale at the time of its execution which shows the date of the transaction and contains the name and address of the seller, and in immediate proximity to the space reserved in the contract for the signature of the buyer or on the front page of the receipt if a contract is not used and in bold face type of a minimum size of ten points, a statement in substantially the following form: "YOU, THE BUYER, MAY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT OF THE THIRD BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THIS TRANSACTION.

Source: S.D. Codified Laws § 37-24-5.3(1), read 14 October 2026

(2) Fail to inform each buyer orally, at the time he signs the contract or purchases the goods or services, of his right to cancel; (3) Misrepresent in any manner the buyer's right to cancel.

Source: S.D. Codified Laws § 37-24-5.3(2)-(3), read 14 October 2026

Online public record of the state's home-contractor credential: Not scored

Not scored: online public record of the state's home-contractor credential - official text not captured as of 24 October 2026.

What is not scored, and why?

A measure we could not settle from official text is not scored: it leaves both the points earned and the points possible, so it never counts against a state.

Is there a federal rule too?

Federal rule, not scored here: 16 CFR 429.1(a), the FTC door-to-door sales rule, covers a sale the seller personally solicits that is agreed at a place other than the seller's place of business, for $25 or more at the buyer's home or $130 or more elsewhere, with exceptions in 16 CFR 429.0. For those sales it requires this statement in the buyer's contract or receipt:

You, the buyer, may cancel this transaction at any time prior to midnight of the third business day after the date of this transaction.

Source: 16 CFR 429.1(a), eCFR, read 22 October 2026

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