<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 18-1-11 - Affixing official signature without appearance by parties as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045120Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2045120SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045120CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045120Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; 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CL 1887, § 508; RPolC 1903, § 747; RC 1919, § 5248; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 32.1313; SL 1979, ch 153, § 5; SL 2019, ch 100, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 18-1-11 - Affixing official signature without appearance by parties as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083588Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083588SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083588CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083588StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083588DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Is able reasonably to confirm that the document before the notarial officer is the same document in which the person made the statement or on which the person executed a signature.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083588Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083588000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083588NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083588DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083588SCL">SL 2019, ch 100, § 2; SL 2021, ch 89, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 18-1-11 - Affixing official signature without appearance by parties as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sec55e0c8f42a419eba9140f020ab0771Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec55e0c8f42a419eba9140f020ab0771StatuteNumber1"><span class="sec55e0c8f42a419eba9140f020ab0771DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Creates an audio-visual copy of the performance of the notarial act.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec55e0c8f42a419eba9140f020ab0771Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec55e0c8f42a419eba9140f020ab0771000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sec55e0c8f42a419eba9140f020ab0771NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sec55e0c8f42a419eba9140f020ab0771DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sec55e0c8f42a419eba9140f020ab0771SCL">SL 2024, ch 71, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 18-1-11 - Affixing official signature without appearance by parties as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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Upon suspension or revocation of a notarial officer's commission, or upon death or incapacity, the notarial officer or the guardian, conservator, or personal representative of the incapacitated or deceased notarial officer must retain an electronic audio-visual copy of each notarial act for ten years. In lieu of retaining copies as required by this section, the copies may be held by a repository designated by or on behalf of the notarial officer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30fb86258b6a404cbe23df76f22eb4b8Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30fb86258b6a404cbe23df76f22eb4b8000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s30fb86258b6a404cbe23df76f22eb4b8NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s30fb86258b6a404cbe23df76f22eb4b8DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s30fb86258b6a404cbe23df76f22eb4b8SCL">SL 2024, ch 71, § 5.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 18-1-11 - Affixing official signature without appearance by parties as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 18-1-11.4 - Electronic official seal secured from tampering--Notice to secretary of state."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 18-1-11.4 - Electronic official seal secured from tampering--Notice to secretary of state."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/18-1-11.4"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-1-11.4" rel="noopener"><span class="s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4SENU">18-1-11.4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4SENU">. </span><span class="s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4CL">Electronic official seal secured from tampering--Notice to secretary of state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4Statute"><span class="s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4DefaultParagraphFont">A notarial officer, prior to performing notarial acts with respect to electronic records, must select at least one tamper-evident electronic notarization system with which to place the signature and official seal of the notarial officer on electronic records. A person may not require a notarial officer to perform a notarial act with respect to an electronic record with a system that the notarial officer has not selected. A notarial officer must notify the secretary of state, on forms prescribed by the secretary, of the names of each tamper-evident notarization system used by that notarial officer for the notarization of electronic records.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s1bf61f0702f545c3b1d33365342f0cb4SCL">SL 2024, ch 71, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 18-1-11 - Affixing official signature without appearance by parties as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeStatuteNumber1"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Ensure the integrity, security, and authenticity of online notarial acts in accordance with §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-1-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeDefaultParagraphFont">18-1-1.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeDefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-1-3.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeDefaultParagraphFont">18-1-3.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeDefaultParagraphFont">, and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-1-11.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeDefaultParagraphFont">18-1-11.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeDefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-1-11.8" rel="noopener"><span class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeDefaultParagraphFont">18-1-11.8</span></a><span class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeDefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfde000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s4aaeb0550f0b4c6d9b2c2fc0c221dfdeSCL">SL 2024, ch 71, § 9.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 18-1-11 - Affixing official signature without appearance by parties as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ce000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceNoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 18-1-11.8 - Validity of notarial acts."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 18-1-11.8 - Validity of notarial acts."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/18-1-11.8"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-1-11.8" rel="noopener"><span class="s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceSENU">18-1-11.8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceSENU">. </span><span class="s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceCL">Validity of notarial acts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceStatute"><span class="s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceDefaultParagraphFont">The failure of a notarial officer to perform a duty or meet a requirement specified by law does not invalidate a notarial act performed by the notarial officer. The validity of a notarial act does not prevent an aggrieved person from seeking to invalidate the record or transaction that is the subject of the notarial act or from seeking other remedies based on the law of this state or the law of the United States. Nothing in this section validates a purported notarial act performed by an individual who does not have the authority to perform notarial acts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ce000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s590d0f6b85fe4622a914dcbb11bff5ceSCL">SL 2024, ch 71, § 10.</span></p></div></body></html>