<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 29A-6-408 - Requirements. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052365Normal { 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.s2052365SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052365CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052365Normal-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.s2052365DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052365Normal-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.s2052365000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052365SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052365SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052365Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-6-408"><span class="s2052365SENU">29A-6-408</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052365SENU">. </span><span class="s2052365CL">Requirements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052365Normal-000000"><span class="s2052365DefaultParagraphFont">A transfer on death deed must:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052365Normal-000001"><span class="s2052365DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2), contain the essential elements and formalities of a properly recordable inter vivos deed as required by the standards of title;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052365Normal-000001"><span class="s2052365DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    State that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052365Normal-000001"><span class="s2052365DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the office of the register of deeds in the county where the property is located.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052365Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052365000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052365Normal"><span class="s2052365SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052365SCL-000003"> SL 2014, ch 133, § 8.</span></p></div></body></html>