Every certificate of acknowledgment of the execution of any deed, mortgage, or other instrument affecting the title to real property, shall be presumed to have been made by the identical officer described therein acting pursuant to lawful authority and the legal sufficiency of the acknowledgment shall not be subject to attack after the expiration of ten years from and after the date of filing of such deed, mortgage, or other instruments for recording.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 43-29-3

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

Source: SL 1943, ch 175, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.1626 (3).