<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 9-18-3 - Admissibility in evidence of copies and transcripts of municipal records--Prima facie evidence. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2036457Normal { 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.s2036457SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036457CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2036457Normal-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.s2036457DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036457000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036457SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2036457SCL-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="s2036457Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=9-18-3"><span class="s2036457SENU">9-18-3</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036457SENU">. </span><span class="s2036457CL">Admissibility in evidence of copies and transcripts of municipal records--Prima facie evidence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036457Normal-000000"><span class="s2036457DefaultParagraphFont">Copies of all papers filed in the office of the auditor or clerk and transcripts of all records of the governing body certified by him under the corporate seal are admissible in evidence the same as the originals thereof. Such original papers or records or such copies or transcripts thereof are prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036457Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036457000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2036457Normal"><span class="s2036457SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2036457SCL-000002"> SL 1890, ch 37, art VII, § 1; SL 1890, ch 37, art XVI, § 14; RPolC 1903, §§ 1244, 1302; SL 1913, ch 119, § 65; RC 1919, §§ 6285, 6355; SDC 1939, § 45.0113.</span></p></div></body></html>