<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 18-4-14 - Form of certificate of acknowledgment by attorney. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045150Normal { 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.s2045150SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045150CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045150Normal-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.s2045150DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045150Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2045150000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045150SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045150SCL-000003 { 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="s2045150Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-14"><span class="s2045150SENU">18-4-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045150SENU">. </span><span class="s2045150CL">Form of certificate of acknowledgment by attorney.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045150Normal-000000"><span class="s2045150DefaultParagraphFont">The certificate of acknowledgment by an attorney in fact must be substantially in the following form:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045150Normal-000001"><span class="s2045150DefaultParagraphFont">Territory of ____ or State of ____</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045150Normal-000001"><span class="s2045150DefaultParagraphFont">County of ____ ss</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045150Normal-000001"><span class="s2045150DefaultParagraphFont">On this ____ day of ____, in the year ____, before me personally appeared ____, known to me (or proved to me on the oath of ____) to be the person who is described in and whose name is subscribed to the within instrument as the attorney in fact of ____, and acknowledged to me that he subscribed the name of ____ thereto as principal and his own name as attorney in fact.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045150Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045150000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045150Normal"><span class="s2045150SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045150SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 666, subdiv 4; CL 1887, § 3288, subdiv 3; RCivC 1903, § 981, subdiv 3; RC 1919, § 587 (3); SDC 1939, § 51.1615 (3).</span></p></div></body></html>