<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 18-4-1 - Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment within state. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045138Normal { 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.s2045138SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045138CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045138Normal-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; margin-right: 0; } span.s2045138DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045138000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045138SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045138SCL-000002 { 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></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045138Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-1"><span class="s2045138SENU">18-4-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045138SENU">. </span><span class="s2045138CL">Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment within state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045138Normal-000000"><span class="s2045138DefaultParagraphFont">The proof or acknowledgment of an instrument may be made at any place within this state before a justice or the clerk of the Supreme Court or a notary public.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045138Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045138000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045138Normal"><span class="s2045138SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045138SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 655; CL 1887, § 3277; RCivC 1903, § 970; SL 1907, ch 3; RC 1919, § 575; SDC 1939, § 51.1604.</span></p></div></body></html>