Section 20-5-4 - Offer of performance made to creditor or authorized person

20-5-4. Offer of performance made to creditor or authorized person.An offer of performance must be made to the creditor, or to any one of two or more joint creditors, or to a person authorized by one or more of them to receive or collect what is due under the obligation, if such creditor or authorized person is present at the place where the offer may be made; and if not, wherever the creditor may be found. Source: CivC 1877, §837; CL 1887, §3461; RCivC 1903, §1154; RC 1919, §761; SDC 1939, §47.0212.