§ 7-9-1 Duty to keep records of instruments–Destruction of unneeded records
§ 7-9-1.1 Recording, filing, and indexing of records by microfilming or computerization
§ 7-9-2 Seal of office–Use on instruments
§ 7-9-3 Time of recording
§ 7-9-4 Special townsite deed record required
§ 7-9-5 Conveyances of platted land not accepted until plat recorded
§ 7-9-6 Tax payment certificate required for recording of plat–County auditor’s, state highway, and centrally assessed railroad property plats excepted
§ 7-9-7 Names, addresses, and descriptions required in recorded instruments–Certificate of value
§ 7-9-7.1 Report of information in recorded instruments
§ 7-9-7.2 Certificate of value–Form
§ 7-9-7.3 State exempt from filing certificate of value
§ 7-9-7.4 Original signatures required for recording paper document–Financing statements–Exhibits
§ 7-9-8 Numerical indexes of instruments affecting real property–Form
§ 7-9-8.1 Endorsement of date, time, and identifying number–Entry in indexes
§ 7-9-9 Alphabetical indexes of instruments affecting real property
§ 7-9-10 Monthly report to tax officials of real estate transfers
§ 7-9-11 Numbering and alphabetical index of instruments relating to personal property
§ 7-9-12 Form of personal property index
§ 7-9-13 Continued use of previously authorized register index
§ 7-9-13.1 Release of old age assistance liens
§ 7-9-14 Replacement of unusable indexes–Completion of incomplete indexes–Admissibility in evidence
§ 7-9-15 Fees–Real estate documents to conform to format standards–Exception
§ 7-9-15.1 Immunity from personal liability for bad checks
§ 7-9-16 Reception record and fee book maintained by register–Entries in record
§ 7-9-17 Deposit of fees and other collections received–Charging on account–Record of accounts receivable
§ 7-9-18 Failure by register to collect, record, report or pay over fees as theft
§ 7-9-19 Refusal to record
§ 7-9-20 Court action for refusal to record
§ 7-9-21 Liability of register for refusal to record
§ 7-9-22 Suspicion of counterfeit recorded documents–Notice
§ 7-9-24 Electronic preservation of documents
§ 7-9-25 County register of deeds modernization and preservation relief fund
§ 7-9-26 Fees deposited into fund–Distribution
§ 7-9-27 Duty of the county governing body to fund register of deeds–Gifts, grants, contributions, and funds from other sources
§ 7-9-28 South Dakota association of county officials register of deeds modernization and preservation relief fund
§ 7-9-29 Fiscal year of fund–Computation of each county’s share of deposits–Division of money in fund–Administrative fee
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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 7 > Chapter 9 - Register of Deeds

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • 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
  • 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