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South Dakota Codified Laws

Chapter 7-9

S.D. Codified Laws ch. 7-9

Register of Deeds

7-9-1Duty to keep records of instruments--Destruction of unneeded records.7-9-1.1Recording, filing, and indexing of records by microfilming or computerization.7-9-2Seal of office--Use on instruments.7-9-3Time of recording.7-9-4Special townsite deed record required.7-9-5Conveyances of platted land not accepted until plat recorded.7-9-6Tax payment certificate required for recording of plat--County auditor's, state highway, and centrally assessed railroad property plats excepted.7-9-7Names, addresses, and descriptions required in recorded instruments--Certificate of value.7-9-7.1Report of information in recorded instruments.7-9-7.2Certificate of value--Form.7-9-7.3State exempt from filing certificate of value.7-9-7.4Original signatures required for recording generally--Financing statements--Exhibits--Limited electronic signatures permitted.7-9-8Numerical indexes of instruments affecting real property--Form.7-9-8.1Endorsement of date, time, and identifying number--Entry in indexes.7-9-9Alphabetical indexes of instruments affecting real property.7-9-10Monthly report to tax officials of real estate transfers.7-9-11Numbering and alphabetical index of instruments relating to personal property.7-9-12Form of personal property index.7-9-13Continued use of previously authorized register index.7-9-13.1Release of old age assistance liens.7-9-14Replacement of unusable indexes--Completion of incomplete indexes--Admissibility in evidence.7-9-15Fees--Real estate documents to conform to format standards--Exception.7-9-15.1Immunity from personal liability for bad checks.7-9-16Reception record and fee book maintained by register--Entries in record.7-9-17Deposit of fees and other collections received--Charging on account--Record of accounts receivable.7-9-18Failure by register to collect, record, report or pay over fees as theft.7-9-19Refusal to record.7-9-20Court action for refusal to record.7-9-21Liability of register for refusal to record.7-9-22Suspicion of counterfeit recorded documents--Notice.7-9-23RepealedRepealed 7-9-24Electronic preservation of documents.7-9-25County register of deeds modernization and preservation relief fund.7-9-26Fees deposited into fund--Distribution.7-9-27Duty of the county governing body to fund register of deeds--Gifts, grants, contributions, and funds from other sources.7-9-28South Dakota association of county officials register of deeds modernization and preservation relief fund.7-9-29Fiscal year of fund--Computation of each county's share of deposits--Division of money in fund--Administrative fee.