South Dakota Codified Laws 18-3-1. Officers authorized to administer oaths
The following officers may administer oaths:
(1) Supreme Court justices, circuit judges, magistrates, notaries public, the clerk and deputy clerk of the Supreme Court, and clerks and deputy clerks of the circuit court, within the state, and federal judges, and federal magistrates;
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 18-3-1
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
(2) Members of the Legislature, while acting as a member of any legislative committee, when examining persons before the legislative committee;
(3) The county auditor, the county treasurer, the register of deeds, and the deputy of each, within their respective county;
(4) Mayors, town board presidents, municipal finance officers, deputy municipal finance officers, and township clerks, within their respective municipality or township;
(5) Sheriffs and deputies if authorized by law to select commissioners or appraisers, or to impanel juries for the view or appraisement of property, or are directed as an official duty to have property appraised, or take the answer of garnishees;
(6) Conservation officers for the purposes of taking a written statement pursuant to § 23A-2-1 for any offense of Title 41; and
(7) Other officers in cases specifically provided by law.
Source: SDC 1939, § 48.0801; SL 1941, ch 210; SL 1979, ch 149, § 1; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2; SL 1993, ch 167; SL 1996, ch 145; SL 1998, ch 119, § 1; SL 2000, ch 92, § 2.