<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 43-28-8 - Instruments which must be acknowledged or proved before record--Certification. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065442Normal { 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.s2065442SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065442CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065442Normal-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.s2065442DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065442000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065442SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065442SCL-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="s2065442Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-8"><span class="s2065442SENU">43-28-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065442SENU">. </span><span class="s2065442CL">Instruments which must be acknowledged or proved before record--Certification.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065442Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065442DefaultParagraphFont">Before an instrument can be recorded, unless it belongs to one of the classes specified in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-2"><span class="s2065442DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065442DefaultParagraphFont"> or unless its record has been authorized by the judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction, its execution must be acknowledged by the person executing it, or if executed by a corporation, by its authorized officer or it must be proved as provided by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-18"><span class="s2065442DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065442DefaultParagraphFont"> or as provided by §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-19"><span class="s2065442DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065442DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-20"><span class="s2065442DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065442DefaultParagraphFont"> and such acknowledgment or proof must be certified as required in chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4"><span class="s2065442DefaultParagraphFont">18-4</span></a><span class="s2065442DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065442Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065442000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065442Normal"><span class="s2065442SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065442SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 648; CL 1887, § 3269; RCivC 1903, § 962; RC 1919, § 570; SDC 1939, § 51.1602; SL 1943, ch 173.</span></p></div></body></html>