<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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537Normal { text-align: center; 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.s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537HG4 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537HG4C { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: 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content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/18-4"><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="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537HG4">CHAPTER </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537Normal"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537HG4C">ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment within state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment within circuit, county, or municipality.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-3" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Indian agents authorized to take acknowledgment or proof in Indian country--Recording of certificate of appointment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-4" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-4</span></a><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">, 18-4-5. Repealed by SL 2014, ch 106, §§ 6, 7.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-6" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Acknowledgment before commissioned officer of armed forces--Place of execution need not be shown.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-7" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Authentication of military certificate not required--Form of certificate attached.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Acknowledgments taken by military officers before 1943.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Uniformity of interpretation of military provisions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Identity of person making acknowledgment to be known or proved to officer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-11" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Certificate of officer taking acknowledgment to be attached.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-12" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Form of general certificate of acknowledgment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Form of certificate of corporate acknowledgment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-14" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Form of certificate of acknowledgment by attorney.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-15" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Form of certificate of acknowledgment by deputy sheriff.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-16" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Fees chargeable for acknowledgments--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-17" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Means of proving instrument not acknowledged.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-18" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Proof of instrument by subscribing witness.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-19" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Circumstances permitting proof of instrument by handwriting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-20" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Facts to be established for proof by handwriting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-21" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Powers of officers authorized to take proof of instruments.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-22" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Contents of certificate of officer taking proof of instrument.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-23" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Authentication of certificates of acknowledgment or proof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-24" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Clerk's certificate to accompany proof or acknowledgment taken by magistrate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-25" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    False certification of acknowledgment or proof as forgery.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-26" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Action in circuit court to prove instrument defectively certified--Judgment entitles instrument to record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-27" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Prior instruments governed by prior law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-28" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Validity of conveyances acknowledged or proved under prior law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-29" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Form--Certificate of acknowledgement--Video communication technology.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537B"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-30" rel="noopener"><span class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-30</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2eae8bde3f524fc5a6b8afbf2eecf537DefaultParagraphFont">    Form--Certificate of acknowledgment--Remote electronic notarization.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</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; } </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><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045139Normal { 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.s2045139SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045139CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045139Normal-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.s2045139DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045139000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045139SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045139SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045139Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-2"><span class="s2045139SENU">18-4-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045139SENU">. </span><span class="s2045139CL">Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment within circuit, county, or municipality.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045139Normal-000000"><span class="s2045139DefaultParagraphFont">The proof or acknowledgment of an instrument may be made anywhere in this state before a judge of the circuit court, a clerk of the circuit court, a magistrate of the circuit court, or a United States magistrate. Within a county or municipality for which the officer was elected or appointed, the proof or acknowledgment of an instrument may be made before a county auditor, a register of deeds, a mayor, or a municipal finance officer .</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045139Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045139000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045139Normal"><span class="s2045139SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045139SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 51.1605; SL 1979, ch 149, § 2; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 1998, ch 120, § 1; SL 2000, ch 92, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045140Normal { 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.s2045140SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045140CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045140Normal-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.s2045140DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045140000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045140SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045140SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045140Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-3"><span class="s2045140SENU">18-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045140SENU">. </span><span class="s2045140CL">Indian agents authorized to take acknowledgment or proof in Indian country--Recording of certificate of appointment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045140Normal-000000"><span class="s2045140DefaultParagraphFont">Indian agents or superintendents are authorized to take acknowledgments or proofs of deeds or other instruments in writing, in Indian country, and acknowledgments or proofs so taken shall have the same force and effect as if taken before a notary public. To qualify for taking such acknowledgments or proofs, such Indian agent or superintendent shall file for record in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which he is stationed, or the county to which said county is attached for judicial purposes, a certificate signed by the secretary of the interior of the United States showing his appointment and authority as such Indian agent or superintendent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045140Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045140000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045140Normal"><span class="s2045140SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045140SCL-000002"> SL 1911, ch 2; RC 1919, § 577; SDC 1939, § 51.1606.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 18-4 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS18-4-4 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 18-4-4 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 18-4-4"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 18-4-4, 18-4-5. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 2014, ch 106, &#167;&#167;&nbsp;6, 7.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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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; } </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><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045143Normal { 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.s2045143SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045143CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045143Normal-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.s2045143DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045143Normal-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.s2045143SL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045143000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045143SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045143SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045143Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-7"><span class="s2045143SENU">18-4-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045143SENU">. </span><span class="s2045143CL">Authentication of military certificate not required--Form of certificate attached.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045143Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045143DefaultParagraphFont">No authentication of the officer's certificate of acknowledgment taken pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-6"><span class="s2045143DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045143DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be required but the officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate substantially in the following form:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045143Normal-000001"><span class="s2045143DefaultParagraphFont">On this the ____ day of ____, 20__, before me ____, the undersigned officer personally appeared ____, known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be serving in or with the armed forces of the United States and to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that -- he executed the same for the purposes therein contained. And the undersigned does further certify that he is at the date of this certificate a commissioned officer of the rank stated below and is in the active service of the armed forces of the United States.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045143Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045143SL">    __________ Signature of officer </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045143Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045143SL">    __________ Rank of officer and command to which attached. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045143Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045143000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045143Normal"><span class="s2045143SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045143SCL-000003"> SL 1943, ch 148, § 1; SL 1951, ch 215; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.1608-1 (1).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045144Normal { 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.s2045144SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045144CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045144Normal-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.s2045144DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045144000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045144SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045144SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045144Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-8"><span class="s2045144SENU">18-4-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045144SENU">. </span><span class="s2045144CL">Acknowledgments taken by military officers before 1943.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045144Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045144DefaultParagraphFont">No acknowledgment taken prior to February 6, 1943, shall be affected by anything contained in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-6"><span class="s2045144DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045144DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-7"><span class="s2045144DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-7</span></a><span class="s2045144DefaultParagraphFont">. All affidavits and the acknowledgment of any and all written instruments taken and certified by any commissioned officer in the military or naval service of the United States, at any place within or without the United States, at any time before July 1, 1943, are hereby legalized and validated and shall be accorded the same standing as those taken and certified by a notary public within this state with his official seal attached thereto.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045144Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045144000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045144Normal"><span class="s2045144SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045144SCL-000002"> SL 1943, ch 148, § 2; SL 1943, ch 149; SDC Supp 1960, §§ 51.1608-1 (2), 65.0324.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045145SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045145Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-9"><span class="s2045145SENU">18-4-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045145SENU">. </span><span class="s2045145CL">Uniformity of interpretation of military provisions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045145Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045145DefaultParagraphFont">Sections </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-6"><span class="s2045145DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045145DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-8"><span class="s2045145DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-8</span></a><span class="s2045145DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, shall be so interpreted as to make uniform the laws of those states which enact them.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045145Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045145000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045145Normal"><span class="s2045145SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045145SCL-000002"> SL 1943, ch 148, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.1608-1 (3).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045146Normal { 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.s2045146SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045146CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045146Normal-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.s2045146DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045146000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045146SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045146SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045146Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-10"><span class="s2045146SENU">18-4-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045146SENU">. </span><span class="s2045146CL">Identity of person making acknowledgment to be known or proved to officer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045146Normal-000000"><span class="s2045146DefaultParagraphFont">The acknowledgment of an instrument performed in the presence of a person making the acknowledgment must not be taken unless the officer taking it knows or has satisfactory evidence on the oath or affirmation of a credible witness, that the person making such acknowledgment is the individual who is described in and who executed the instrument; or, if executed by a corporation, that the person making such acknowledgment is an officer of the corporation authorized to execute the instrument.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045146Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045146000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045146Normal"><span class="s2045146SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045146SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 659; CL 1887, § 3281; RCivC 1903, § 974; RC 1919, § 580; SDC 1939, § 51.1609; SL 2019, ch 100, § 7.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045147Normal { 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.s2045147SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045147CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045147Normal-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.s2045147DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045147000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045147SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045147SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045147Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-11"><span class="s2045147SENU">18-4-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045147SENU">. </span><span class="s2045147CL">Certificate of officer taking acknowledgment to be attached.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045147Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045147DefaultParagraphFont">An officer taking the acknowledgment of an instrument must endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate substantially in the forms prescribed in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-12"><span class="s2045147DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045147DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-15"><span class="s2045147DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-15</span></a><span class="s2045147DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045147Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045147000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045147Normal"><span class="s2045147SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045147SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 666; CL 1887, § 3288; RCivC 1903, § 981; RC 1919, § 587; SDC 1939, § 51.1615.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045148Normal { 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.s2045148SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045148CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045148Normal-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.s2045148DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045148Normal-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.s2045148000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045148SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045148SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045148Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-12"><span class="s2045148SENU">18-4-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045148SENU">. </span><span class="s2045148CL">Form of general certificate of acknowledgment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045148Normal-000000"><span class="s2045148DefaultParagraphFont">The certificate of acknowledgment of an instrument unless it is otherwise in this chapter provided must be substantially in the following form:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045148Normal-000001"><span class="s2045148DefaultParagraphFont">Territory of ____ or State of ____</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045148Normal-000001"><span class="s2045148DefaultParagraphFont">County of ____ ss</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045148Normal-000001"><span class="s2045148DefaultParagraphFont">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 who executed the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he (or they) executed the same.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045148Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045148000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045148Normal"><span class="s2045148SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045148SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 666, subdiv 1; CL 1887, § 3288, subdiv 1; RCivC 1903, § 981, subdiv 1; RC 1919, § 587 (1); SDC 1939, § 51.1615 (1).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045149Normal { 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.s2045149SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045149CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045149Normal-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.s2045149DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045149Normal-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.s2045149000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045149SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045149SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045149Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-13"><span class="s2045149SENU">18-4-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045149SENU">. </span><span class="s2045149CL">Form of certificate of corporate acknowledgment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045149Normal-000000"><span class="s2045149DefaultParagraphFont">The certificate of acknowledgment of an instrument executed by a corporation must be substantially in the following form:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045149Normal-000001"><span class="s2045149DefaultParagraphFont">Territory of ____ or State of ____</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045149Normal-000001"><span class="s2045149DefaultParagraphFont">County of ____ ss</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045149Normal-000001"><span class="s2045149DefaultParagraphFont">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 ____ of the corporation that is described in and that executed the within instrument and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the same.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045149Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045149000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045149Normal"><span class="s2045149SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045149SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 666, subdiv 2; CL 1887, § 3288, subdiv 2; RCivC 1903, § 981, subdiv 2; RC 1919, § 587 (2); SL 1921, ch 2; SDC 1939, § 51.1615 (2).</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</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; } </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><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</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; } </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><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045152Normal { 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.s2045152SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045152CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045152Normal-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.s2045152DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045152DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045152000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045152SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045152SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045152Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-16"><span class="s2045152SENU">18-4-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045152SENU">. </span><span class="s2045152CL">Fees chargeable for acknowledgments--Violation as petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045152Normal-000000"><span class="s2045152DefaultParagraphFont">Officers authorized by law to take and certify acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments are entitled to charge and receive twenty</span><span class="s2045152DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2045152DefaultParagraphFont">five cents each therefor, and for administering oaths and certifying the same, ten cents. A violation of this section is a petty offense.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045152Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045152000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045152Normal"><span class="s2045152SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045152SCL-000003"> SL 1862, ch 41, § 2; PolC 1877, ch 39, § 30; CL 1887, § 1434; RPolC 1903, § 1856; RC 1919, § 7061; SDC 1939, § 48.0606; SL 1979, ch 150, § 22.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045153Normal { 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.s2045153SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045153CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045153Normal-000000 { 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.s2045153DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045153Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2045153000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045153SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045153SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045153Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-17"><span class="s2045153SENU">18-4-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045153SENU">. </span><span class="s2045153CL">Means of proving instrument not acknowledged.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045153Normal-000000"><span class="s2045153DefaultParagraphFont">Proof of the execution of an instrument, when not acknowledged, may be made either:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045153Normal-000001"><span class="s2045153DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    By the party executing it, or either of them;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045153Normal-000001"><span class="s2045153DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    By a subscribing witness; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045153Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045153DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    By other witnesses, in cases mentioned in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-19"><span class="s2045153DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045153DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-20"><span class="s2045153DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-20</span></a><span class="s2045153DefaultParagraphFont">, relating to proof of handwriting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045153Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045153000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045153Normal"><span class="s2045153SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045153SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 662; CL 1887, § 3283; RCivC 1903, § 976; RC 1919, § 582; SDC 1939, § 51.1610.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045154SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045154Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-18"><span class="s2045154SENU">18-4-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045154SENU">. </span><span class="s2045154CL">Proof of instrument by subscribing witness.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045154Normal-000000"><span class="s2045154DefaultParagraphFont">If proof of the execution of an instrument is made by a subscribing witness, such witness must be personally known to the officer taking the proof to be the person whose name is subscribed to the instrument as a witness or must be proved to be such by the oath of a credible witness. The subscribing witness must prove that the person whose name is subscribed to the instrument as a party is the person described in it and that such person executed it and that the witness subscribed his name thereto as a witness.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045154Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045154000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045154Normal"><span class="s2045154SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045154SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 662; CL 1887, § 3284; RCivC 1903, § 977; RC 1919, § 583; SDC 1939, § 51.1611.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045155Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045155SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045155SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045155Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-19"><span class="s2045155SENU">18-4-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045155SENU">. </span><span class="s2045155CL">Circumstances permitting proof of instrument by handwriting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045155Normal-000000"><span class="s2045155DefaultParagraphFont">The execution of an instrument may be established by proof of the handwriting of the party and of a subscribing witness, if there is one, in the following cases:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045155Normal-000001"><span class="s2045155DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    When the parties and all the subscribing witnesses are dead;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045155Normal-000001"><span class="s2045155DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    When the parties and all the subscribing witnesses are nonresidents of the state;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045155Normal-000001"><span class="s2045155DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    When the place of their residence is unknown to the party desiring the proof and cannot be ascertained by the exercise of due diligence;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045155Normal-000001"><span class="s2045155DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    When the subscribing witness conceals himself or cannot be found by the officer by the exercise of due diligence in attempting to serve the subpoena or attachment; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045155Normal-000001"><span class="s2045155DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    In case of the continued failure or refusal of the witness to testify for the space of one hour after his appearance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045155Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045155000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045155Normal"><span class="s2045155SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045155SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 663; CL 1887, § 3285; RCivC 1903, § 978; RC 1919, § 584; SDC 1939, § 51.1612.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045156Normal { 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.s2045156SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045156CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045156Normal-000000 { 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.s2045156DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045156Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2045156000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045156SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045156SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045156Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-20"><span class="s2045156SENU">18-4-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045156SENU">. </span><span class="s2045156CL">Facts to be established for proof by handwriting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045156Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045156DefaultParagraphFont">The evidence taken under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-19"><span class="s2045156DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045156DefaultParagraphFont"> must satisfactorily prove to the officer the following facts:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045156Normal-000001"><span class="s2045156DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The existence of one or more of the conditions mentioned therein;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045156Normal-000001"><span class="s2045156DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    That the witness testifying knew the person whose name purports to be subscribed to the instrument as a party and is well acquainted with his signature and that it is genuine;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045156Normal-000001"><span class="s2045156DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    That the witness testifying personally knew the person who subscribed the instrument as a witness and is well acquainted with his signature and that it is genuine; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045156Normal-000001"><span class="s2045156DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    The place of residence of the witness.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045156Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045156000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045156Normal"><span class="s2045156SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045156SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 664; CL 1887, § 3286; RCivC 1903, § 979; RC 1919, § 585; SDC 1939, § 51.1613.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045157Normal { 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; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045157SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045157Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-21"><span class="s2045157SENU">18-4-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045157SENU">. </span><span class="s2045157CL">Powers of officers authorized to take proof of instruments.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045157Normal-000000"><span class="s2045157DefaultParagraphFont">Officers authorized to take the proof of instruments are authorized in such proceedings:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045157Normal-000001"><span class="s2045157DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    To administer oaths or affirmations;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045157Normal-000001"><span class="s2045157DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    To employ and swear interpreters;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045157Normal-000001"><span class="s2045157DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    To issue subpoenas and to punish for contempt as provided in Title 19 in regard to the means of producing witnesses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045157Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045157000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045157Normal"><span class="s2045157SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045157SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 668; CL 1887, § 3290; RCivC 1903, § 983; RC 1919, § 589; SDC 1939, § 51.1617.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045158Normal { 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.s2045158SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045158CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045158Normal-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.s2045158DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045158000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045158SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045158SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045158Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-22"><span class="s2045158SENU">18-4-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045158SENU">. </span><span class="s2045158CL">Contents of certificate of officer taking proof of instrument.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045158Normal-000000"><span class="s2045158DefaultParagraphFont">An officer taking proof of the execution of an instrument must in his certificate endorsed thereon or attached thereto set forth all the matters required by law to be done or known by him or proved before him on the proceeding, together with the names of all the witnesses examined before him, their places of residence respectively, and the substance of their evidence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045158Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045158000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045158Normal"><span class="s2045158SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045158SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 665; CL 1887, § 3287; RCivC 1903, § 980; RC 1919, § 586; SDC 1939, § 51.1614.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045159Normal { 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.s2045159SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045159CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045159Normal-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.s2045159DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045159000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045159SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045159SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045159Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-23"><span class="s2045159SENU">18-4-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045159SENU">. </span><span class="s2045159CL">Authentication of certificates of acknowledgment or proof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045159Normal-000000"><span class="s2045159DefaultParagraphFont">Officers taking and certifying acknowledgments or proof of instruments for record must authenticate their certificates by affixing thereto their signatures, followed by the names of their offices; also their seals of office, if by the laws of the state, territory, or country where the acknowledgment or proof is taken or by authority of which they are acting, they are required to have official seals. Judges and clerks of courts of record must authenticate their certificates as aforesaid by affixing thereto the seal of the proper court; and mayors of first and second class municipalities, by the seal thereof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045159Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045159000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045159Normal"><span class="s2045159SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045159SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 666, subdiv 5; CL 1887, § 3288, subdiv 4; RCivC 1903, § 981, subdiv 4; RC 1919, § 587 (4); SDC 1939, § 51.1615 (5); SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045160Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; 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margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045160SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045160Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-24"><span class="s2045160SENU">18-4-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045160SENU">. </span><span class="s2045160CL">Clerk's certificate to accompany proof or acknowledgment taken by magistrate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045160Normal-000000"><span class="s2045160DefaultParagraphFont">The certificate of proof or acknowledgment, if made before a magistrate, if used in any county other than that in which the magistrate resides, shall be accompanied by a certificate under the hand and seal of the clerk of courts, setting forth that such magistrate at the time of taking was authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment, and that the clerk is acquainted with the magistrate's handwriting and believes that the signature to the original certificate is genuine.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045160Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045160000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045160Normal"><span class="s2045160SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045160SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 51.1615(6); SL 1974, ch 153, § 34; SL 1998, ch 121, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045161Normal { 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.s2045161SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045161CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045161Normal-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.s2045161DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045161000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045161SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045161SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045161Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-25"><span class="s2045161SENU">18-4-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045161SENU">. </span><span class="s2045161CL">False certification of acknowledgment or proof as forgery.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045161Normal-000000"><span class="s2045161DefaultParagraphFont">If any officer authorized to take the acknowledgment or proof of any conveyance of real property or of any other instrument which by law may be recorded, knowingly and falsely certifies that any such conveyance or instrument was acknowledged by any party thereto or was proved by any subscribing witness, when in truth such conveyance or instrument was not acknowledged or proved as certified, he is guilty of forgery.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045161Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045161000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045161Normal"><span class="s2045161SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045161SCL-000002"> PenC 1877, § 553; CL 1887, § 6754; RPenC 1903, § 579; RC 1919, § 4184; SDC 1939, § 13.4113.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</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; } </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><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045163Normal { 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.s2045163SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045163CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045163Normal-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.s2045163DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045163000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045163SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045163SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045163Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-27"><span class="s2045163SENU">18-4-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045163SENU">. </span><span class="s2045163CL">Prior instruments governed by prior law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045163Normal-000000"><span class="s2045163DefaultParagraphFont">The legality of the execution, acknowledgment, proof, form, or record of any conveyance or other instrument made before July 1, 1939, executed, acknowledged, proved, or recorded is not affected by anything contained in this chapter, but depends for its validity and legality, except as to seals, upon the laws in force when the act was performed except as by other statutes expressly provided.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045163Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045163000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045163Normal"><span class="s2045163SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045163SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 669; CL 1887, § 3291; RCivC 1903, § 984; RC 1919, § 590; SDC 1939, § 51.1618.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045164Normal { 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.s2045164SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045164CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045164Normal-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.s2045164DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045164000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045164SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045164SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045164Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-28"><span class="s2045164SENU">18-4-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045164SENU">. </span><span class="s2045164CL">Validity of conveyances acknowledged or proved under prior law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045164Normal-000000"><span class="s2045164DefaultParagraphFont">All conveyances of real property made before July 1, 1939, and acknowledged or proved according to the laws in force at the time of such making and acknowledgment or proof, have the same force as evidence, and may be recorded in the same manner and with like effect as conveyances executed and acknowledged in pursuance of this chapter.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045164Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045164000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045164Normal"><span class="s2045164SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045164SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 670; CL 1887, § 3292; RCivC 1903, § 985; RC 1919, § 591; SDC 1939, § 51.1619.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083589Normal { 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.s2083589SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083589CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083589Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 18-4-29 - Form--Certificate of acknowledgement--Video communication technology."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 18-4-29 - Form--Certificate of acknowledgement--Video communication technology."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=18-4-29"><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="s2083589Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-29" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083589SENU">18-4-29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083589SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083589CL">Form--Certificate of acknowledgement--Video communication technology. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083589Statute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083589DefaultParagraphFont">The certificate of acknowledgment of a document executed under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-1-11.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083589DefaultParagraphFont">18-1-11.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083589DefaultParagraphFont"> shall be substantially in the following form:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083589StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083589DefaultParagraphFont">State of South Dakota</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083589StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2083589DefaultParagraphFont">County of _____ ss</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083589Statute"><span class="s2083589DefaultParagraphFont">On this _____ day of _____, in the year_____, before me, _____ (Notary's Name), the undersigned officer appeared _____ (Signer's Name) with a remote location of _____ (City/State), whom I have personal knowledge of because of my relationship as _____ and whom I positively identified as the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, appeared before me not in my physical presence but by means of video communication technology, and I observed his/her execution of the same for the purposes contained therein and confirm that I affix my seal to the same instrument so executed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083589Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083589000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083589NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083589DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="s2083589SCL">SL 2021, ch 89, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROOF OF INSTRUMENTS</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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