<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 18-4-15 - Form of certificate of acknowledgment by deputy sheriff. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045151Normal { 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.s2045151SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045151CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045151Normal-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.s2045151DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045151000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045151Normal-000002 { 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.s2045151SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045151SCL-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="s2045151Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-15"><span class="s2045151SENU">18-4-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045151SENU">. </span><span class="s2045151CL">Form of certificate of acknowledgment by deputy sheriff.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045151Normal-000000"><span class="s2045151DefaultParagraphFont">The certificate of acknowledgment by any deputy sheriff of South Dakota must be substantially in the following form:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045151Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045151000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045151Normal-000002"><span class="s2045151DefaultParagraphFont">State of South Dakota,</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045151Normal-000002"><span class="s2045151DefaultParagraphFont">County of __________ ss</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045151Normal-000002"><span class="s2045151DefaultParagraphFont">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 deputy sheriff of said county and acknowledged to me that he subscribed the name of ________ thereto as sheriff of said county and his own name as deputy sheriff.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045151Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045151000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045151Normal"><span class="s2045151SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045151SCL-000003"> SL 1887, ch 2, § 1; CL 1887, § 5162; RCivC 1903, § 981, subdiv 3; RC 1919, § 587 (3); SDC 1939, § 51.1615 (4).</span></p></div></body></html>