The Supreme Court of South Dakota recently ruled upon a short-term rental case involving a community association. In Wilson v. Maynard, No. 29307 (S.D. Jun. 16, 2021), the community association’s declaration only permitted “residential purposes”. After the Maynards began renting their property to large groups as a short-term rental, a neighbor (Wilson) file suit alleging that the short-term rentals unambiguously constituted a commercial purpose. The trial court, court of appeals and the Supreme Court all found that short-term rentals are considered a “residential purpose”.    Read the entire article……………………………….

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