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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 57A - Uniform Commercial Code » Chapter 02A - Leases » Section 57A-2A-106 – Limitation on power of parties to consumer lease to choose applicable law and judicial forum.

57A-2A-106. Limitation on power of parties to consumer lease to choose applicable law and judicial forum.

(1)If the law chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is that of a jurisdiction other than a jurisdiction in which the lessee resides at the time the lease agreement becomes enforceable or within thirty days thereafter, in which the goods are to be used, or in which the lease is executed by the lessee, the choice is not enforceable.

(2)If the judicial forum chosen by the parties to a consumer lease is a forum that would not otherwise have jurisdiction over the lessee, the choice is not enforceable.

Source: SL 1989, ch 419, §1; SL 1990, ch 390, §2.