South Dakota amends money lending licenses statute

On March 1, the South Dakota governor signed H.B.1082, amending South Dakota’s money lending licenses statute. Pursuant to H.B. 1082, engagement in the “business of lending money,” for which a license is required, is expressly defined not to include engagement in: (i) “any seller-financed transaction for the sale of assets to a purchaser”; or (ii) “any…