18-5-3. Officers permitted to take acknowledgment within United States.

The acknowledgment of any instrument may be made without the state but within the United States or a territory or insular possession of the United States or the District of Columbia or the Philippine Islands and within the jurisdiction of the officer, before:

(1)    A clerk or deputy clerk of any federal court;

(2)    A clerk or deputy clerk of any court of record of any state or other jurisdiction;

(3)    A notary public;

(4)    A commissioner of deeds.

Source: SL 1941, ch 215, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.16A03.