<HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS 43-28 RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 43-28 RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 43-28"> </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: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 43-28 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-1">43-28-1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Recording of instruments affecting real estate with register of deeds. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-2">43-28-2</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Instruments which may be recorded without acknowledgment or further proof. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-3">43-28-3</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Instruments recorded without acknowledgment or further proof--Use of certified copies as evidence. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-4">43-28-4</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Recording of affidavits, orders, appointments, minutes of meetings, and proceedings in bankruptcy to correct instruments affecting title to real property--Use as evidence. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-4.1">43-28-4.1</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Affidavits stating facts relating identity of a party recorded. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-5">43-28-5</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Presumption that execution of certificate attached to copy of instrument eligible for record was made by authorized officer. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-6">43-28-6</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Prior recording of instruments validated--Rights barred by no action. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-7">43-28-7</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Authorities without state have no jurisdiction of real property within state. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-8">43-28-8</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Instruments which must be acknowledged or proved before record--Certification. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-9">43-28-9</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Acknowledgment of instrument by married woman. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-10">43-28-10</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Recording of instrument proved and certified by handwriting. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-10.1">43-28-10.1</A> to 43-28-10.6. <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Repealed. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-11">43-28-11</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Deposit of acknowledged or proved and certified instrument for record as recording--Endorsement of amount of fee. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-12">43-28-12</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Separate recording of absolute grants and mortgages. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-13">43-28-13</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Law governing execution, acknowledgment, proof, form, or record of conveyance made before 1939. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-14">43-28-14</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Validity of unrecorded instrument. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-15">43-28-15</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Constructive notice of execution of instrument affecting real property to purchasers or encumbrancers subsequent to recording. <!-- 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Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Recording of instrument containing power affecting real property--Instrument of revocation must be recorded in the same office. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-19">43-28-19</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Recitals as to marital status, homestead status, or identity of parties in instruments affecting title to real property--Evidentiary effect. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-20">43-28-20</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Record of death of person deceased twelve years or more as evidence of death and date of death--Requirements and effect of recording. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-21">43-28-21</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Mailing address of grantee required for recording real estate conveyance. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-22">43-28-22</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Real estate conveyance by fiduciary construed as made for purposes of administration--Time limit to enforce rights to property in trust, estate, or guardianship. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-23">43-28-23</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Format standards for real estate documents recorded with the register of deeds. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-24">43-28-24</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Definitions related to identity information. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-25">43-28-25</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Document preparers prohibited from including personally identifiable information. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-26">43-28-26</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Certain documents exempt. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-27">43-28-27</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Register of deeds to post notice. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=43-28-28">43-28-28</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Noncomplying documents not rejected for recording. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <p> </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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065434Normal { 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.s2065434SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065434CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065434Normal-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.s2065434DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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class="s2065434CL">Recording of instruments affecting real estate with register of deeds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065434Normal-000000"><span class="s2065434DefaultParagraphFont">Any instrument affecting the title to or possession of real property may be recorded as by law provided.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065434Normal-000001"><span class="s2065434DefaultParagraphFont">Instruments entitled to be recorded must be recorded by the register of deeds of the county in which the real property affected thereby is situated.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065434Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065434000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065434Normal"><span class="s2065434SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065434SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, §§ 647, 651; SL 1879, ch 47, § 1; CL 1887, §§ 3268, 3272; RCivC 1903, §§ 961, 965; SL 1905, ch 149; RC 1919, §§ 569, 573; SL 1921, ch 352; SL 1923, ch 253; SL 1925, ch 265; SDC 1939, § 51.1601.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </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; 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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><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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065436Normal { 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.s2065436SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065436CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065436Normal-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%; 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evidence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065436Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065436DefaultParagraphFont">Copies of the records of such patents to real estate, final certificates, patents, contracts of sale of the State of South Dakota, and certificates of discharge of veterans and persons in the military service of the United States as specified in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-2"><span class="s2065436DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065436DefaultParagraphFont"> and of the record of such duly certified copy of any of the same, shall, when duly certified by the custodian of such records, be admissible in evidence without further proof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065436Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065436000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065436Normal"><span class="s2065436SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065436SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 647; SL 1879, ch 47, § 1; CL 1887, § 3268; RCivC 1903, § 961; SL 1905, ch 149; RC 1919, § 569; SL 1921, ch 352; SL 1923, ch 253; SL 1925, ch 265; SDC 1939, § 51.1603.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065437Normal { 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.s2065437SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065437CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; 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font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2065437Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-4"><span class="s2065437SENU">43-28-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065437SENU">. </span><span class="s2065437CL">Recording of affidavits, orders, appointments, minutes of meetings, and proceedings in bankruptcy to correct instruments affecting title to real property--Use as evidence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065437Normal-000000"><span class="s2065437DefaultParagraphFont">In addition to all other instruments affecting the title to real property which are now eligible for record in the office of a register of deeds in this state, the following mentioned original instruments, together with copies of such other original instruments, records, proceedings, entries, orders, decrees, and appointments as are hereinafter mentioned, or portions thereof or excerpts therefrom, if such copies are duly certified to by the person or officer having the legal custody thereof as being true copies thereof, or of portions thereof or excerpts therefrom, are eligible for record in the office of the register of deeds of the county wherein the real property affected is situated, and shall be indexed against such property, and such record, or a copy thereof duly certified to by the register of deeds, or included as a part of a duly prepared and certified abstract of title to real property affected, shall be received and accepted as prima facie evidence of the facts or matters therein contained or set forth:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065437Normal-000001"><span class="s2065437DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Affidavits of publication of notices of sale, affidavits of sale, and every other instrument executed or used in connection with the making of a sale and conveyance of real property by any board, department, officer, or officers of the State of South Dakota, or of any county, township, school district, or municipality of the State of South Dakota;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065437Normal-000001"><span class="s2065437DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Affidavits explaining the presence in the deed, mortgage, or other records of any county of any interloping deed, mortgage, or other instrument purporting to have been executed by a person or persons who are not shown of records as having owned any right or title to, interest or estate in or lien upon the real property described in such interloping instrument at the time the same purports to have been executed;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065437Normal-000001"><span class="s2065437DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Affidavits explanatory of recitals contained in deeds, mortgages, or other instruments to the effect that the real property described in such instruments is subject to certain mortgages or other liens, when such recitals leave in doubt the amount of the indebtedness or the extent to which the real property in question is affected thereby;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065437Normal-000001"><span class="s2065437DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Copies of orders and appointments made by any officer, department, or board of the State of South Dakota, pursuant to law, appointing any appointive officer, agent, or employee of the State of South Dakota, or of any department thereof, and defining the powers and authority of such officer, agent, or employee;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065437Normal-000001"><span class="s2065437DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Copies of the original minutes and records of meetings held and official action taken by any board of county commissioners, school board, board of education, township board, county weed and pest board, or governing body of any municipality, within the State of South Dakota, or by the members, officers, or directors of any federal bureau, board, department, or corporation created by, or by authority of, an act of Congress;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065437Normal-000001"><span class="s2065437DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Copies of orders and appointments made by any federal bureau, board, department, or officer, pursuant to law, appointing receivers for corporations which have been created or organized by, or by authority of, an act of Congress, and copies of any order or other instrument of record defining the powers and authority of any such receiver;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065437Normal-000001"><span class="s2065437DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    Copies of letters testamentary, of administration, and of conservatorship, and of orders appointing receivers and trustees, issued by any court, foreign or domestic, when used to show the authority of a personal representative, conservator, receiver, or trustee to execute a satisfaction or assignment of, or to foreclose, a mortgage or other lien against real property; and the officer who certifies to any such copy as being a true copy of the original instrument on file and in his custody may include in his certificate a statement that the original instrument is, or at any given time was, in full force and effect and unrevoked, which statement shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the facts so recited;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065437Normal-000001"><span class="s2065437DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    Certified copies of any petition, order, notice, or other document on file in the office of the clerk of any bankruptcy court or any United States district court offered for record by any person.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065437Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065437000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065437Normal"><span class="s2065437SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065437SCL-000003"> SL 1949, ch 208, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.1627; SL 1961, ch 262; SL 1987, ch 317; SL 1993, ch 213, § 234; SL 2005, ch 233, § 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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065438Normal { 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.s2065438SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065438CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065438Normal-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.s2065438DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065438000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065438SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065438SCL-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="s2065438Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-4.1"><span class="s2065438SENU">43-28-4.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065438SENU">. </span><span class="s2065438CL">Affidavits stating facts relating identity of a party recorded.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065438Normal-000000"><span class="s2065438DefaultParagraphFont">An affidavit stating facts touching the identity of a party to any instrument of record or stating that a party to any such instrument is or was single or married, or touching the fact as to whether or not the land mentioned in any such instrument is or was the homestead of a party or parties to such instrument or touching the identification of any plats or subdivisions of any municipal corporation may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of any county where such instrument is recorded. Such affidavits or certified copies thereof are prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, and such affidavits, the record thereof, or certified copies thereof are admissible evidence without further proof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065438Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065438000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065438Normal"><span class="s2065438SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065438SCL-000002"> SL 1921, ch 351; SDC 1939 &amp; Supp 1960, § 36.0204; SDCL, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=19-4-4"><span class="s2065438SCL-000002">19-4-4</span></a><span class="s2065438SCL-000002">; SL 1979, ch 154, § 16.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065439Normal { 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.s2065439SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065439CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065439Normal-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.s2065439DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065439000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065439SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065439SCL-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="s2065439Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-5"><span class="s2065439SENU">43-28-5</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065439SENU">. </span><span class="s2065439CL">Presumption that execution of certificate attached to copy of instrument eligible for record was made by authorized officer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065439Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065439DefaultParagraphFont">In the absence of any showing of record to the contrary, it shall be presumed that any person or officer who purports to have executed a certificate attached to a copy of any instrument or record which is by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-4"><span class="s2065439DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065439DefaultParagraphFont"> made eligible for record was duly authorized to execute such certificate at the time it purports to have been executed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065439Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065439000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065439Normal"><span class="s2065439SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065439SCL-000002"> SL 1949, ch 208, § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.1628.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065440Normal { 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.s2065440SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065440CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065440Normal-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.s2065440DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065440Normal-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.s2065440000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065440SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065440SCL-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="s2065440Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-6"><span class="s2065440SENU">43-28-6</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065440SENU">. </span><span class="s2065440CL">Prior recording of instruments validated--Rights barred by no action.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065440Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065440DefaultParagraphFont">The record of any instrument or of a certified copy of any instrument, record, proceeding, entry, order, decree, or appointment which was recorded in the office of any register of deeds prior to January 1, 1992, which would have been eligible for record by virtue of any later amendment of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-4"><span class="s2065440DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065440DefaultParagraphFont"> as of January 1, 1992, is hereby legalized and shall have the same force and effect as if it had been recorded after the later amendment of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-4"><span class="s2065440DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-4</span></a><span class="s2065440DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065440Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065440DefaultParagraphFont">If any person has any vested right in any real or personal property by reason of any omission referred to in this section, and if no action or proceeding to enforce such right was commenced prior to July 1, 1993, such right shall be forever barred. No action or proceeding brought involving real property shall be of any force or effect, or maintainable in any court of this state, unless prior to July 1, 1993, there was recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the real property affected is situated, a notice of the pendency of such action, in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-10"><span class="s2065440DefaultParagraphFont">15-10</span></a><span class="s2065440DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065440Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065440000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065440Normal"><span class="s2065440SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065440SCL-000003"> SL 1949, ch 208, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 65.0328; SL 1992, ch 307, § 55.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065441Normal { 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.s2065441SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065441CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065441Normal-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.s2065441DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065441000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065441SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065441SCL-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="s2065441Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-7"><span class="s2065441SENU">43-28-7</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065441SENU">. </span><span class="s2065441CL">Authorities without state have no jurisdiction of real property within state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065441Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065441DefaultParagraphFont">Nothing in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-4"><span class="s2065441DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065441DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-6"><span class="s2065441DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-6</span></a><span class="s2065441DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, shall be construed as granting to any court, government, department, board, or public official of any other state or jurisdiction any jurisdiction whatsoever over real property within this state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065441Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065441000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065441Normal"><span class="s2065441SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065441SCL-000002"> SL 1949, ch 208, § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.1629.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </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; } </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><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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065443Normal { 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.s2065443SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065443CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065443Normal-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.s2065443DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065443000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065443SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065443SCL-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="s2065443Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-9"><span class="s2065443SENU">43-28-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065443SENU">. </span><span class="s2065443CL">Acknowledgment of instrument by married woman.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065443Normal-000000"><span class="s2065443DefaultParagraphFont">A conveyance or other instrument executed by a married woman has the same effect as if she were unmarried and may be acknowledged in the same manner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065443Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065443000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065443Normal"><span class="s2065443SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065443SCL-000002"> SL 1881, ch 2, § 2; CL 1887, § 3282; RCivC 1903, § 975; RC 1919, § 581; SDC 1939, § 51.1624.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065444Normal { 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.s2065444SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065444CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065444Normal-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.s2065444DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065444000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065444SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065444SCL-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="s2065444Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-10"><span class="s2065444SENU">43-28-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065444SENU">. </span><span class="s2065444CL">Recording of instrument proved and certified by handwriting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065444Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065444DefaultParagraphFont">An instrument proved and certified pursuant to §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-19"><span class="s2065444DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065444DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-20"><span class="s2065444DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065444DefaultParagraphFont"> may be recorded in the proper office, if the original is at the same time deposited therein, to remain for public inspection, but not otherwise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065444Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065444000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065444Normal"><span class="s2065444SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065444SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 649; CL 1887, § 3270; RCivC 1903, § 963; RC 1919, § 571; SDC 1939, § 51.1602; SL 1943, ch 173.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS 43-28-10.1 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 43-28-10.1 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 43-28-10.1"> </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 --> 43-28-10.1 to 43-28-10.6. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Repealed by SL 1970, ch 249, &#167;&nbsp;1<p> </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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065446Normal { 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.s2065446SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065446CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065446Normal-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.s2065446DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065446Normal-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.s2065446000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065446SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065446SCL-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="s2065446Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-11"><span class="s2065446SENU">43-28-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065446SENU">. </span><span class="s2065446CL">Deposit of acknowledged or proved and certified instrument for record as recording--Endorsement of amount of fee.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065446Normal-000000"><span class="s2065446DefaultParagraphFont">An instrument is deemed to be recorded when, being duly acknowledged or proved and certified, it is deposited in the register's office with the proper officer for record.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065446Normal-000001"><span class="s2065446DefaultParagraphFont">The register must in all cases endorse the amount of his fee for the recording on the instrument recorded.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065446Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065446000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065446Normal"><span class="s2065446SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065446SCL-000003"> CivC 1877, § 651; CL 1887, § 3272; RCivC 1903, § 965; RC 1919, § 573; SDC 1939, § 51.1601.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065447Normal { 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.s2065447SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065447CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065447Normal-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.s2065447DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065447000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065447SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065447SCL-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="s2065447Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-12"><span class="s2065447SENU">43-28-12</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065447SENU">. </span><span class="s2065447CL">Separate recording of absolute grants and mortgages.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065447Normal-000000"><span class="s2065447DefaultParagraphFont">Grants, absolute in terms, are to be recorded in one set of books and mortgages in another.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065447Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065447000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065447Normal"><span class="s2065447SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065447SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 652; CL 1887, § 3274; RCivC 1903, § 967; RC 1919, § 574; SDC 1939, § 51.1601.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065448Normal { 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.s2065448SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065448CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065448Normal-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.s2065448DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065448000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065448SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065448SCL-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="s2065448Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-13"><span class="s2065448SENU">43-28-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065448SENU">. </span><span class="s2065448CL">Law governing execution, acknowledgment, proof, form, or record of conveyance made before 1939.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065448Normal-000000"><span class="s2065448DefaultParagraphFont">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="s2065448Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065448000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065448Normal"><span class="s2065448SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065448SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 670; CL 1887, § 3292; RCivC 1903, § 985; RC 1919, § 591; 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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065449Normal { 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.s2065449SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065449CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065449Normal-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.s2065449DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065449000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065449SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065449SCL-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="s2065449Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-14"><span class="s2065449SENU">43-28-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065449SENU">. </span><span class="s2065449CL">Validity of unrecorded instrument.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065449Normal-000000"><span class="s2065449DefaultParagraphFont">An unrecorded instrument is valid as between the parties thereto and those who have notice thereof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065449Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065449000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065449Normal"><span class="s2065449SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065449SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 675; CL 1887, § 3297; RCivC 1903, § 990; RC 1919, § 596; SDC 1939, § 51.1622.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065450Normal { 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.s2065450SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065450CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065450Normal-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.s2065450DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065450000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065450SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065450SCL-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="s2065450Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-15"><span class="s2065450SENU">43-28-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065450SENU">. </span><span class="s2065450CL">Constructive notice of execution of instrument affecting real property to purchasers or encumbrancers subsequent to recording.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065450Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065450DefaultParagraphFont">The recording and deposit of an instrument, proved and certified according to the provisions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-17"><span class="s2065450DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065450DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=18-4-20"><span class="s2065450DefaultParagraphFont">18-4-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065450DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, and §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-8"><span class="s2065450DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065450DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-10"><span class="s2065450DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-10</span></a><span class="s2065450DefaultParagraphFont">, are constructive notice of the execution of such instrument to all purchasers or encumbrancers subsequent to the recording.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065450Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065450000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065450Normal"><span class="s2065450SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065450SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 674; CL 1887, § 3296; RCivC 1903, § 989; RC 1919, § 595; SDC 1939, § 51.1621.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065451Normal { 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.s2065451SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065451CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065451Normal-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.s2065451DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065451000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065451SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065451SCL-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="s2065451Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-16"><span class="s2065451SENU">43-28-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065451SENU">. </span><span class="s2065451CL">Notice imparted by instruments defectively executed or acknowledged or describing unplatted property prior to December 31, 1988--Rights of purchasers or encumbrancers.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065451Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065451DefaultParagraphFont">Any instrument affecting real property which was previous to December 31, 1988, copied into the proper book of record kept in the office of any register of deeds shall be deemed to impart after that date, notice of such instrument and its contents to subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers notwithstanding any defect, omission, or informality in the execution of the instrument or in the certificate of acknowledgment thereof, or the absence of such certificate of acknowledgment, or the omission of any notarial or corporate seal from such instrument or the absence of any post office address of any grantee, mortgagee, or assignee of mortgagee, from any instrument, and notwithstanding the fact that the property described in such instrument was not platted as required by chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-21"><span class="s2065451DefaultParagraphFont">43-21</span></a><span class="s2065451DefaultParagraphFont">, prior to the recording of such instrument; but nothing herein shall be deemed to affect the rights of purchasers or encumbrancers who became such prior to December 31, 1988.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065451Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065451000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065451Normal"><span class="s2065451SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065451SCL-000002"> SL 1961, ch 469; SL 1989, ch 30, § 74.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065452Normal { 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.s2065452SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065452CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065452Normal-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.s2065452DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065452000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065452SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065452SCL-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="s2065452Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-17"><span class="s2065452SENU">43-28-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065452SENU">. </span><span class="s2065452CL">Priority of first recorded conveyance of real property--Conveyance defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065452Normal-000000"><span class="s2065452DefaultParagraphFont">Every conveyance of real property other than a lease for a term not exceeding one year is void as against any subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer including an assignee of a mortgage, lease, or other conditional estate of the same property, or any part thereof in good faith and for a valuable consideration whose conveyance is first duly recorded. The term "conveyance" as used in this section, embraces every instrument in writing by which any estate or interest in real property is created, aliened, mortgaged, or encumbered or by which the title to any real property may be affected, except wills and powers of attorney.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065452Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065452000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065452Normal"><span class="s2065452SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065452SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, §§ 671, 672; CL 1887, §§ 3293, 3294; RCivC 1903, §§ 986, 987; RC 1919, §§ 592, 593; SDC 1939, § 51.1620; SL 1941, ch 213.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065453Normal { 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.s2065453SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065453CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065453Normal-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.s2065453DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065453000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065453SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065453SCL-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="s2065453Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-18"><span class="s2065453SENU">43-28-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065453SENU">. </span><span class="s2065453CL">Recording of instrument containing power affecting real property--Instrument of revocation must be recorded in the same office.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065453Normal-000000"><span class="s2065453DefaultParagraphFont">No instrument containing a power to convey or execute instruments affecting real property, which has been recorded, is revoked by any act of the party by whom it was executed unless the instrument containing such revocation is also acknowledged or proved, certified, and recorded in the same office in which the instrument containing the power was recorded.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065453Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065453000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065453Normal"><span class="s2065453SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065453SCL-000002"> CivC 1877, § 673; CL 1887, § 3295; RCivC 1903, § 988; RC 1919, § 594; SDC 1939, § 51.1623.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065454Normal { 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.s2065454SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065454CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065454Normal-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.s2065454DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065454000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065454SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065454SCL-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="s2065454Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-19"><span class="s2065454SENU">43-28-19</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065454SENU">. </span><span class="s2065454CL">Recitals as to marital status, homestead status, or identity of parties in instruments affecting title to real property--Evidentiary effect.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065454Normal-000000"><span class="s2065454DefaultParagraphFont">Recitals as to the marital status of parties to the instrument, or as to the homestead status of the property, or as to the identity of parties named in instruments in the chain of title, in any conveyance or other instrument affecting title to real estate in this state, which has been, or hereafter shall be, recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county in which the land is situated, or the record of the instrument, or a certified copy of the record, shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of such recitals.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065454Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065454000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065454Normal"><span class="s2065454SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065454SCL-000002"> SL 1968, ch 198.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065455Normal { 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.s2065455SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065455CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065455Normal-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.s2065455DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065455000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065455SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065455SCL-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="s2065455Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-20"><span class="s2065455SENU">43-28-20</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065455SENU">. </span><span class="s2065455CL">Record of death of person deceased twelve years or more as evidence of death and date of death--Requirements and effect of recording.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065455Normal-000000"><span class="s2065455DefaultParagraphFont">In all cases in which any person has been deceased for twelve years or more, a copy of the record of the death of such decedent, duly certified by any officer who is required by the laws of the state or country in which such record is made to keep a record of the death of persons occurring within the jurisdiction of such officer, may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which any real estate affected is situated. The record of such certified copy shall be prima facie evidence of the death of such person; and the date of such death. In order to identify the property affected by the death of such person, the person causing said certificate to be recorded shall attach thereto an affidavit setting out the legal description of the property involved. This section shall not be treated or construed as exclusive of any other remedy authorized by law or rule of court but shall be cumulative to such other remedy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065455Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065455000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065455Normal"><span class="s2065455SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065455SCL-000002"> SL 1969, ch 277, §§ 1, 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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065456Normal { 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.s2065456SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065456CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065456Normal-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.s2065456DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065456000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065456SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065456SCL-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="s2065456Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-21"><span class="s2065456SENU">43-28-21</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065456SENU">. </span><span class="s2065456CL">Mailing address of grantee required for recording real estate conveyance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065456Normal-000000"><span class="s2065456DefaultParagraphFont">Every grantee who has a real estate conveyance recorded shall, at the time such conveyance is presented for recording, provide the register of deeds with his current legal mailing address.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065456Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065456000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065456Normal"><span class="s2065456SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065456SCL-000002"> SL 1982, ch 298, § 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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065457Normal { 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.s2065457SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065457CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065457Normal-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.s2065457DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065457Normal-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.s2065457000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065457SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065457SCL-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="s2065457Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-22"><span class="s2065457SENU">43-28-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065457SENU">. </span><span class="s2065457CL">Real estate conveyance by fiduciary construed as made for purposes of administration--Time limit to enforce rights to property in trust, estate, or guardianship.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065457Normal-000000"><span class="s2065457DefaultParagraphFont">All transfers of real property made to, or by, a trust, conservatorship, or estate shall be construed as being made to, or by, the fiduciary for purposes of administration. All such conveyances shall be treated as if the conveyances had been made to, or by, the fiduciary for purposes of administration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065457Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065457DefaultParagraphFont">If any person is construed to retain any right in property due to the fact that the person's conveyance was to a trust, estate, or guardianship, and if no action or proceeding to enforce such right was commenced prior to July 1, 2003, such right shall be forever barred. No action or proceeding so brought involving real property is of any force or effect, or maintainable in any court of this state, unless prior to July 1, 2003, a notice of the pendency of such action was recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county where the property is located, in accordance with chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-10"><span class="s2065457DefaultParagraphFont">15-10</span></a><span class="s2065457DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065457Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065457000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065457Normal"><span class="s2065457SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065457SCL-000003"> SL 1991, ch 363, § 2; SL 2002, ch 100, § 14.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065458Normal { 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.s2065458SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065458CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065458Normal-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.s2065458DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065458Normal-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; } p.s2065458Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; 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.s2065458000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065458SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065458SCL-000004 { 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="s2065458Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-23"><span class="s2065458SENU">43-28-23</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065458SENU">. </span><span class="s2065458CL">Format standards for real estate documents recorded with the register of deeds.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065458Normal-000000"><span class="s2065458DefaultParagraphFont">Any real estate document recorded with the register of deeds, except for plats, shall:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065458Normal-000001"><span class="s2065458DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Consist of one or more individual sheets measuring no larger than 8.5 inches by 14 inches and no smaller than 8.5 inches by 11 inches. No sheet may be attached or affixed to a page that covers up any information or printed material on the document;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065458Normal-000001"><span class="s2065458DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Be printed, typewritten, or computer generated in black ink and the print type of the document may not be smaller than 10-point type. However, dates, notarial acknowledgments, signatures, and other items may be completed in black or blue ink if the document is predominantly completed in black ink and if the items that are completed in blue ink are sufficiently dark to meet the requirements of subdivision (6);</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065458Normal-000001"><span class="s2065458DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Be on white paper of not less than twenty pound weight;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065458Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065458DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Contain a blank space at the top measuring no less than three inches as measured from the top of the first page. The right half shall be used by the register of deeds for recording information and the left half shall be used by the document preparer as required pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=7-9-1"><span class="s2065458DefaultParagraphFont">7-9-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065458DefaultParagraphFont"> and may include other document information. All other margins shall be a minimum of one inch;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065458Normal-000001"><span class="s2065458DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Have a title prominently displayed at the top of the first page below the blank space referred to in subdivision (4) of this section; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065458Normal-000001"><span class="s2065458DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Be sufficiently legible to reproduce a readable copy using the register of deed's current method of reproduction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065458Normal-000002"><span class="s2065458DefaultParagraphFont">Any document that does not conform to the requirements of subdivisions (1) to (5), inclusive, has the same effect as conforming documents for all recording purposes, including establishing priority. Any affidavit of publication, corner record, survey, certified court or governmental document, and UCC form recorded against real estate is exempt from the provisions of this section. Any plat or survey and certified vital record attached to documents is also exempt from the provisions of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065458Normal-000002"><span class="s2065458DefaultParagraphFont">The provisions of this section do not apply to any real estate document prepared and executed prior to July 1, 2002.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065458Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065458000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065458Normal"><span class="s2065458SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065458SCL-000004"> SL 2001, ch 240, § 1; SL 2003, ch 228, § 1; SL 2006, ch 64, § 2; SL 2008, ch 225, § 1; SL 2010, ch 214, § 7; SL 2012, ch 51, § 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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065459Normal { 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.s2065459SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065459CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065459Normal-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.s2065459DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065459Normal-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; } p.s2065459Normal-000002 { margin-left: 1.14in; text-indent: -0.44in; 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.s2065459000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065459SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065459SCL-000004 { 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="s2065459Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-24"><span class="s2065459SENU">43-28-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065459SENU">. </span><span class="s2065459CL">Definitions related to identity information.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065459Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065459DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-25"><span class="s2065459DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065459DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-28"><span class="s2065459DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-28</span></a><span class="s2065459DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065459Normal-000001"><span class="s2065459DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Personally identifiable information," any information that includes one or more of the following specific unique identifiers when combined with an individual's name:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065459Normal-000002"><span class="s2065459DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    A social security number. This term does not, however, include the last four digits of a social security number;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065459Normal-000002"><span class="s2065459DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Checking, savings, or share account number; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065459Normal-000002"><span class="s2065459DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Credit, debit, or charge card number;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065459Normal-000001"><span class="s2065459DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Preparer," any person who creates, drafts, edits, revises, or changes the document or instrument that is recorded with the register of deeds. The term, preparer, does not include any person who hires, requires, refers, pays, or requests that the document or instrument be drafted or recorded.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065459Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065459000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065459Normal"><span class="s2065459SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065459SCL-000004"> SL 2010, ch 214, § 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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065460Normal { 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.s2065460SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065460CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065460Normal-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.s2065460DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065460000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065460SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065460SCL-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="s2065460Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-25"><span class="s2065460SENU">43-28-25</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065460SENU">. </span><span class="s2065460CL">Document preparers prohibited from including personally identifiable information.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065460Normal-000000"><span class="s2065460DefaultParagraphFont">The preparer of a document or instrument may not include an individual's personally identifiable information in any document or instrument that is prepared and presented for recording in the county office of the register of deeds. This section does not apply to any document or instrument that was executed by an individual prior to July 1, 2010.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065460Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065460000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065460Normal"><span class="s2065460SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065460SCL-000002"> SL 2010, ch 214, § 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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065461Normal { 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.s2065461SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065461CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065461Normal-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.s2065461DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065461000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065461SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065461SCL-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="s2065461Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-26"><span class="s2065461SENU">43-28-26</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065461SENU">. </span><span class="s2065461CL">Certain documents exempt.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065461Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065461DefaultParagraphFont">The provisions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-24"><span class="s2065461DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065461DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-28"><span class="s2065461DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-28</span></a><span class="s2065461DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive do not apply to a state or federal tax lien or release relating to a state or federal tax lien, a military separation or discharge record, a uniform commercial code filing in the county office of the register of deeds, or any governmental certified copy of a document or instrument.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065461Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065461000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065461Normal"><span class="s2065461SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065461SCL-000002"> SL 2010, ch 214, § 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 43-28 - RECORDING 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.s2065462SCL-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="s2065462Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-27"><span class="s2065462SENU">43-28-27</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065462SENU">. </span><span class="s2065462CL">Register of deeds to post notice.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065462Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065462DefaultParagraphFont">The register of deeds shall post a notice in the county office of the register of deeds and on any website provided by the register of deeds. The notice shall include the information provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-24"><span class="s2065462DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065462DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-26"><span class="s2065462DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-26</span></a><span class="s2065462DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065462Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065462000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065462Normal"><span class="s2065462SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065462SCL-000002"> SL 2010, ch 214, § 5.</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 43-28 - RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2065463Normal { 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.s2065463SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065463CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2065463Normal-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.s2065463DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065463000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065463SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2065463SCL-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="s2065463Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-28"><span class="s2065463SENU">43-28-28</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065463SENU">. </span><span class="s2065463CL">Noncomplying documents not rejected for recording.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065463Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065463DefaultParagraphFont">The register of deeds may not reject a document or instrument presented for recording solely because the document or instrument fails to comply with §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-24"><span class="s2065463DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-24</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065463DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-28-27"><span class="s2065463DefaultParagraphFont">43-28-27</span></a><span class="s2065463DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065463Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065463000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2065463Normal"><span class="s2065463SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2065463SCL-000002"> SL 2010, ch 214, § 6.</span></p></div></body></html>