US-SD / S.D. Codified Laws § 44-14-3(3) (delivery per § 44-14-3(1)-(2))

Self-storage software for South Dakota operators.

South Dakota's self-storage lien statute encoded day-by-day: first notice at D+0, sale eligibility at D+21, with publication, delivery, surplus, and fee guardrails pulled from S.D. Codified Laws § 44-14-3.

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South Dakota lien clock

The full day-by-day clock, with statute citations.

This is the actual policy seeded for South Dakota. Every delinquent account locks in the rules that applied the day it opened.

US-SD / v2026.06.26

South Dakota lien timeline

Late fee: Operator Configured at D+0
Notice path: Lien Notice at D+0, then Notice of Sale at D+14
Sale gate: Auction eligible at D+21 after the 7-day sale lead

Vehicle and titled-property handling is tracked separately at D+60.

The full day-by-day timeline — every transition, delivery rule, and citation from first notice to auction — runs live in the product, and every case pins the version in force the day it opened.

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What UnitOps does differently for South Dakota operators

Built around the South Dakota statute, not retrofitted onto generic PMS.

01 The lien clock starts with Lien Notice at D+0, holds 14 days before Notice of Sale at D+14 under S.D. Codified Laws § 44-14-3(4), keeps the auction gate closed until D+21, with citations S.D. Codified Laws § 44-14-3(3) and S.D. Codified Laws ch. 44-14, §§ 44-14-1 to 44-14-10.
02 Vehicle and titled-property handling stays separate at D+60, with tow evidence kept out of the ordinary goods sale path under S.D. Codified Laws ch. 44-14, §§ 44-14-1 to 44-14-10.
03 Publication is required with a one-week publication run, a 7-day sale lead, and one newspaper publication or posting in six conspicuous places for 10 days under S.D. Codified Laws ch. 44-14, §§ 44-14-1 to 44-14-10. Delivery evidence tracks Lien Notice by in person, verified mail, first-class mail, and email (with the occupant's consent) and Notice of Sale by newspaper publication and posting publication.
04 Surplus is held for 3 years (1095 days); then routes to the South Dakota Office of State Treasurer (unclaimed property, SDCL ch. 43-41B). Run your own payment processor and your own QuickBooks — UnitOps never sits in the middle of either.

Lien evidence packet

Built for the day you get sued.

For South Dakota cases, the packet presents the evidence trail beside the policy snapshot that was pinned when the case opened. It lists notices, delivery proof, ledger entries, photos, and state changes in chronological order. It presents records and citations only. The downloadable sample uses fictional seeded data with redacted names and a SAMPLE watermark.

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