Renters are unprotected from meth labs in South Dakota
April 9, 2008
If you’re thinking about buying or selling a home in South Dakota, state law requires realtors and/or sellers to disclose any knowledge about the home being used as a meth lab. Home sellers in South Dakota must tell buyers by way of a formal disclosure statement, if they have any knowledge of the home being used as a meth lab. South Dakota sellers are not required to disclose if meth was ever used in the home.
If you are renting a home in South Dakota, rent at your own risk. Landlords in South Dakota do not have to tell you if the home or apartment was ever used as a meth lab.
For more information about meth lab homes in South Dakota, please visit the Meth Awareness and Prevention Project of South Dakota website.
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