<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 58-25-16 - Countersignature by agent or abstracter of county required--Violation as misdemeanor. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2075797Normal { 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.s2075797SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075797CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2075797Normal-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.s2075797DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075797000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075797SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2075797SCL-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="s2075797Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-25-16"><span class="s2075797SENU">58-25-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075797SENU">. </span><span class="s2075797CL">Countersignature by agent or abstracter of county required--Violation as misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075797Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075797DefaultParagraphFont">No insurance company shall issue any policy of title insurance or certificate of title or other guarantee of title, covering any property located within the State of South Dakota, unless the same is countersigned by a person, partnership, or corporation, who has met the requirements of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-13-8"><span class="s2075797DefaultParagraphFont">36-13-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075797DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-13-10"><span class="s2075797DefaultParagraphFont">36-13-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075797DefaultParagraphFont"> in the county in which the real property is located, or maintains an abstract plant in the county where the real property is located and meets the requirements of chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=36-13"><span class="s2075797DefaultParagraphFont">36-13</span></a><span class="s2075797DefaultParagraphFont">. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075797Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075797000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2075797Normal"><span class="s2075797SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2075797SCL-000002"> SL 1966, ch 111, ch 14, § 4; SL 1978, ch 359, § 2; SL 1979, ch 345.</span></p></div></body></html>