<html> <head> <title>Rule 20:36:04:04.03 Grading of plant examination.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 20:36:04:04.03"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 20:36:04:04.03 Grading of plant examination."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Times; panose-1:2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times",serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>20:36:04:04.03.&nbsp;&nbsp;Grading of plant examination.</b> Plants shall be graded on </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>a</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> scale of percentage, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>with</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> 80</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> percent</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> being required for approval. If the plant fails in any of the areas set forth in &#167;&nbsp;20:36:04:04.01, the board may establish the plant's sufficiency in the areas in which it passed and permit it to be reexamined only in the areas in which it failed.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When grading areas in subdivisions 20:36:04:04.01(1) and (2), the board shall use the following criteria: If there are any discrepancies between the indexes in the plant and those in the office of the register of deeds or another registered plant in the county, the board shall check the recorded instruments in question to see whether the error or discrepancy is in the office of the register of deeds or in the plant. If an error is found in the chain from the plant being examined, it will result in a </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>reduction in the credit given</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> for that chain. If a chain from the plant being examined shows an instrument properly posted which is not shown on the chain from the office of the register of deeds, additional credit will be given to the plant which will be used to offset a </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>reduction in the credit given for that chain</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 3 SDR 49, effective January 17, 1976; 6 SDR 11, effective August 14, 1979; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986; 46 SDR 42, effective October 3, 2019.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-13-6">36-13-6</A></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.1(7)</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-13-10">36-13-10.</A></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>&nbsp;</span></p> </div> </body> </html>