Instruments essential to the title of real property and which are not kept in a public office as a record pursuant to law, belong to the person in whom, for the time being, such title may be vested, and pass with the title.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 43-25-27

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

Source: CivC 1877, § 579; CL 1887, § 3202; RCivC 1903, § 895; RC 1919, § 493; SDC 1939, § 51.0811.

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