Section 21-22-28 - Petition to protect privacy--Sealing of instruments, inventories, etc.--Availability ofsealed documents. - South Dakota Statutes

21-22-28. Petition to protect privacy--Sealing of instruments, inventories, etc.--Availability of sealed documents. The privacy of those who have established a court trust or other trust shall be protected in any court proceeding concerning the trust if the acting trustee, the trustor (if living), or any beneficiary so petition the court. Upon the filing of such a petition, the instrument on which the trust is based, inventory, statement filed by any trustee, annual verified report of trustee, final report of trustee, and all petitions relevant to trust administration and all court orders thereon shall be sealed upon filing and may not be made a part of the public record of the proceeding, but shall be available to the court, to the trustor, to the trustee, to any beneficiary, to their attorneys, and to such other interested persons as the court may order upon a showing of the need.

Source: SL 1998, ch 282, § 30; SL 2002, ch 100, § 1.