<html> <head> <title>Rule 20:36:07:01 Title search required for countersignature.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 20:36:07:01"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 20:36:07:01 Title search required for countersignature."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>20:36:07:01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Title search required for countersignature.</b> An abstracter shall search the records contained in the abstracter's plant and in the courthouse which relate to the property being insured before he countersigns a policy of or commitment for title insurance pursuant to SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-25-16">58-25-16.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 7 SDR 72, effective February 1, 1981; 12 SDR 151, 12 SDR 155, effective July 1, 1986.</p> <p>&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>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-13-25">36-13-25.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-13-25">36-13-25</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-13-26.1">36-13-26.1.</A></p> </div> </body> </html>