<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 18-1-2 - Oath of notary.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426Normal { 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.sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426Statute { 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.sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426NoIndent { 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.sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426SCL { 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 18-1-2 - Oath of notary."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 18-1-2 - Oath of notary."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/18-1-2"><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="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-1-2" rel="noopener"><span class="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426SENU">18-1-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426SENU">. </span><span class="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426CL">Oath of notary.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426DefaultParagraphFont">Each notary public, before performing the duties of the office, shall take an oath as required by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=3-1-5" rel="noopener"><span class="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426DefaultParagraphFont">3-1-5</span></a><span class="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="sb8953dc46eb04916b167a5f8582f0426SCL">SL 1862, ch 62, § 2; PolC 1877, ch 17, § 2; CL 1887, § 496; RPolC 1903, § 735; RC 1919, § 5236; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 32.1303; SL 1974, ch 55, § 23; SL 1997, ch 120, § 2; SL 2025, ch 90, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>