<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 18-4-26 - Action in circuit court to prove instrument defectively certified--Judgment entitles instrument to record. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045162Normal { 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.s2045162SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045162CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045162Normal-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.s2045162DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045162Normal-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.s2045162000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045162SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045162SCL-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="s2045162Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-26"><span class="s2045162SENU">18-4-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045162SENU">. </span><span class="s2045162CL">Action in circuit court to prove instrument defectively certified--Judgment entitles instrument to record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045162Normal-000000"><span class="s2045162DefaultParagraphFont">When the acknowledgment or proof of execution of an instrument is properly made but defectively certified any party interested may have an action in the circuit court to obtain a judgment correcting the certificate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045162Normal-000001"><span class="s2045162DefaultParagraphFont">Any person interested under an instrument entitled to be proved for record may institute an action in the circuit court against the proper parties to obtain a judgment proving such instrument.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045162Normal-000001"><span class="s2045162DefaultParagraphFont">A certified copy of the judgment in a proceeding instituted under the provisions of this section showing the proof of the instrument and attached thereto, entitles the instrument to record with like effect as if acknowledged.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045162Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045162000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045162Normal"><span class="s2045162SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045162SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 667; CL 1887, § 3289; RCivC 1903, § 982; RC 1919, § 588; SDC 1939, § 51.1616.</span></p></div></body></html>