S.D. Codified Laws § 43-43-3 (2026)
The owner of any product of the mind or of any representation or expression thereof may transfer his property in the same.
Source: CivC 1877, § 572; CL 1887, § 3195; RCivC 1903, § 888; RC 1919, § 486; SDC 1939, § 51.0806.