Each instrument entitled by law to be recorded, shall be recorded during the office hours set pursuant to §§ 7-7-2 and 7-7-2.1 in the order and as of the date and time when the instrument is received by the register of deeds for that purpose.

Source: SL 1862, ch 61 ; SL 1863-4, ch 30 ; SL 1863-4, ch 42 , § 1; SL 1870-1, ch 11 , § 1; SL 1874-5, ch 27 , § 54; PolC 1877, ch 21, § 57; CL 1887, § 624; RPolC 1903, § 866; RC 1919, § 5910; SDC 1939, § 12.0702; SL 2014, ch 47 , § 12.