<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 19-4-3 - Title not required on affidavit. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2045247Normal { 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.s2045247SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045247CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2045247Normal-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.s2045247DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045247000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045247SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2045247SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2045247Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=19-4-3"><span class="s2045247SENU">19-4-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045247SENU">. </span><span class="s2045247CL">Title not required on affidavit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045247Normal-000000"><span class="s2045247DefaultParagraphFont">It shall not be necessary to entitle an affidavit in the action or proceeding, but an affidavit made without a title, or with a defective title, shall be as valid and effectual, for every purpose, as if it were duly entitled, if it intelligibly refer to the action or proceeding in which it is made.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045247Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045247000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2045247Normal"><span class="s2045247SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2045247SCL-000002"> CCivP 1877, § 527; CL 1887, § 5341; RCCivP 1903, § 566; RC 1919, § 2099; Supreme Court Rule 503, 1939; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 36.0203.</span></p></div></body></html>