<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 43-28-2 - Instruments which may be recorded without acknowledgment or further proof. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065435Normal { 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.s2065435SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065435CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065435Normal-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.s2065435DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065435Normal-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.s2065435000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065435SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065435SCL-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="s2065435Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-2"><span class="s2065435SENU">43-28-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065435SENU">. </span><span class="s2065435CL">Instruments which may be recorded without acknowledgment or further proof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065435Normal-000000"><span class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont">The following instruments may be recorded without acknowledgment or further proof:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065435Normal-000001"><span class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Judgments affecting the title to or possession of real property, authenticated by the certificate of the clerk of the court in which such judgments were rendered;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065435Normal-000001"><span class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Patents to real estate from the United States and final certificates from the United States land offices, or copies of the same duly certified by the commissioner of the general land office or his successor;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065435Normal-000001"><span class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Patents issued by the State of South Dakota or copies of the same duly certified by the commissioner of school and public lands;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065435Normal-000001"><span class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Contracts for the sale of lands of the State of South Dakota, or copies of the same duly certified by the commissioner of school and public lands;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065435Normal-000001"><span class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Notices of pendency of action signed by attorneys of record in the action in which such notices are entitled;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065435Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Affidavits of identity of persons or places as to the homestead character of real estate as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-4.1"><span class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-4.1</span></a><span class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065435Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    Certificates of discharge of veterans as defined by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=33A-2-1"><span class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont">33A-2-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont"> and of all persons who have served in the military forces of the United States or of any of its allies in any war in which the United States has engaged, or copies of such papers certified or authenticated in the manner prescribed by the statutes of the United States or regulations of the military department thereof;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065435Normal-000001"><span class="s2065435DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    Affidavits or other recordable documents specifying the labor or improvements, or compliance requirements arising under federal law on mining claims.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065435Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065435000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065435Normal"><span class="s2065435SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065435SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 647; SL 1879, ch 47, § 1; CL 1887, § 3268; RCivC 1903, § 961; SL 1905, ch 149; RC 1919, § 569; SL 1921, ch 351; SL 1921, ch 352; SL 1923, ch 253; SL 1925, ch 265; SDC 1939, § 51.1603; SL 1990, ch 351, § 1; SL 1994, ch 338, § 1; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=11-1"><span class="s2065435SCL-000003">11-1</span></a><span class="s2065435SCL-000003">), § 20, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.</span></p></div></body></html>