§ 18-4-1 Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment within state
§ 18-4-2 Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment within circuit, county, or municipality
§ 18-4-3 Indian agents authorized to take acknowledgment or proof in Indian country–Recording of certificate of appointment
§ 18-4-6 Acknowledgment before commissioned officer of armed forces–Place of execution need not be shown
§ 18-4-7 Authentication of military certificate not required–Form of certificate attached
§ 18-4-8 Acknowledgments taken by military officers before 1943
§ 18-4-9 Uniformity of interpretation of military provisions
§ 18-4-10 Identity of person making acknowledgment to be known or proved to officer
§ 18-4-11 Certificate of officer taking acknowledgment to be attached
§ 18-4-12 Form of general certificate of acknowledgment
§ 18-4-13 Form of certificate of corporate acknowledgment
§ 18-4-14 Form of certificate of acknowledgment by attorney
§ 18-4-15 Form of certificate of acknowledgment by deputy sheriff
§ 18-4-16 Fees chargeable for acknowledgments–Violation as petty offense
§ 18-4-17 Means of proving instrument not acknowledged
§ 18-4-18 Proof of instrument by subscribing witness
§ 18-4-19 Circumstances permitting proof of instrument by handwriting
§ 18-4-20 Facts to be established for proof by handwriting
§ 18-4-21 Powers of officers authorized to take proof of instruments
§ 18-4-22 Contents of certificate of officer taking proof of instrument
§ 18-4-23 Authentication of certificates of acknowledgment or proof
§ 18-4-24 Clerk’s certificate to accompany proof or acknowledgment taken by magistrate
§ 18-4-25 False certification of acknowledgment or proof as forgery
§ 18-4-26 Action in circuit court to prove instrument defectively certified–Judgment entitles instrument to record
§ 18-4-27 Prior instruments governed by prior law
§ 18-4-28 Validity of conveyances acknowledged or proved under prior law
§ 18-4-29 Form–Certificate of acknowledgement–Video communication technology
lawyer at desk

Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 18 > Chapter 4 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Petty offense: A federal misdemeanor punishable by six months or less in prison. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper, and also the word "seal" written or printed on such paper. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • 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