<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 18-4-6 - Acknowledgment before commissioned officer of armed forces--Place of execution need not be shown.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0Normal { 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.se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0Statute { 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.se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0NoIndent { 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.se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0SCL { 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 18-4-6 - Acknowledgment before commissioned officer of armed forces--Place of execution need not be shown."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 18-4-6 - Acknowledgment before commissioned officer of armed forces--Place of execution need not be shown."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-6"><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="se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-6" rel="noopener"><span class="se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0SENU">18-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0SENU">. </span><span class="se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0CL">Acknowledgment before commissioned officer of armed forces--Place of execution need not be shown.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0Statute"><span class="se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0DefaultParagraphFont">In addition to the acknowledgment of instruments in the manner and form and as otherwise authorized by the laws of South Dakota, any person serving in or with the armed forces of the United States may acknowledge the execution of an instrument, wherever located, before any commissioned officer in active service of the armed forces of the United States with the rank of second lieutenant or higher in the Army, Air Force, Space Force, or Marine Corps, or ensign or higher in the Navy or United States Coast Guard. The instrument shall not be rendered invalid by the failure to state therein the place of execution or acknowledgment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="se5f0889a028d427c86089b6f934ce6b0SCL">SL 1943, ch 148, § 1; SL 1951, ch 215; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.1608-1 (1); SL 2023, ch 109, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html>