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South Dakota Statutes, Title 43

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Title 43, PROPERTY

58 chapters · 827 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 43827 Ch 11, REAL PROPERTY POWERS64 Ch 4, TRANSFER OF PROPERTY49 Ch 41B, UNIFORM UNCLAIMED PROPERTY ACT49 Ch 25, DEEDS AND CONVEYANCES42 Ch 32, LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY42 Ch 17, WATER BOUNDARIES AND RIPARIAN LANDS40 Ch 13, EASEMENTS AND SERVITUDES32 Ch 31, HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION30 Ch 39, DEPOSIT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY30 Ch 15A, CONDOMINIUMS29 Ch 28, RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS29 Ch 3, PRESENT AND FUTURE INTERESTS IN PROPERTY21 Ch 30, MARKETABLE TITLE TO REAL ESTATE18 Ch 2, OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY17

14 sections·Filtered byTitle 43✕Ch 20✕

SDCL § 43-20-1 Purpose of chapter
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It is the purpose of this chapter to protect and perpetuate public land survey corners and information concerning the location of such corners by requiring the systematic establishment of monuments and filing of information concerning the marking of the location of such public la…
SDCL § 43-20-10 Corner record--Filing fee
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The register of deeds of the county in which the corner is located shall charge a recording fee of ten dollars. Source: SL 1967, ch 58 , § 7 (c); SL 1983, ch 305 , § 1; SL 1989, ch 380 ; SL 2012, ch 51 , § 6.
SDCL § 43-20-11 Filing fees--Exemption of surveys by United States
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All filings relative to official cadastral surveys of the Bureau of Land Management of the United States of America performed by authorized personnel shall be exempt from filing fees. Source: SL 1967, ch 58 , § 11.
SDCL § 43-20-12 Completed corner record--Preservation in hardbound book--Numbering and indexing
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The county register of deeds of the county containing the corner shall receive the completed corner record and preserve it in a hardbound book. The books shall be numbered in numerical order and indexed by legal description showing section, township, and range (or addition, block…

SDCL § 43-20-13 Inspection of corner records

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The register of deeds shall make these records available for public inspection during all usual office hours. Source: SL 1967, ch 58 , § 7 (b); SL 1982, ch 297 , § 4.

SDCL § 43-20-14 Citation of chapter

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This chapter may be cited as the "Corner Perpetuation and Filing Act." Source: SL 1967, ch 58 , § 1.

SDCL § 43-20-2 Definition of terms

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Terms used in this chapter mean: (1) "Accessory to a corner," any exclusively identifiable physical object whose spatial relationship to the corner is recorded. The term includes bearing trees, bearing objects, monuments, reference monuments, line trees, pits, mounds, charcoal-fi…

SDCL § 43-20-3 Record of corner establishment or restoration--Execution and filing

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A surveyor shall complete, sign, and file with the register of deeds of the county where the corner is situated, a written record of corner establishment or restoration to be known as a "corner file" for every public land survey corner and accessory to the corner which is establi…

SDCL § 43-20-4 Corner records which may be filed

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A surveyor may file such corner record as to any property corner, property controlling corner, reference monument, or accessory to a corner. Source: SL 1967, ch 58 , § 5.

SDCL § 43-20-5 Survey corner required to be filed under chapter--Reconstruction of monument of corner

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In every case where a corner record of a public land survey corner is required to be filed under the provisions of this chapter, the surveyor must reconstruct or rehabilitate the monument of such corner, and accessories to such corner, so that the same shall be left by him in suc…

SDCL § 43-20-6 Corners established or restored before July 1, 1967--Records may be filed

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Corner records may be filed concerning corners established, reestablished, or restored before July 1, 1967. Source: SL 1967, ch 58 , § 10.

SDCL § 43-20-7 Promulgation of rules

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The board shall, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 1-26 , prescribe the method of construction and placement of corner markers or monuments used to identify reference points on plats and the information that is necessary to be included in the corner file. The board shall prescr…

SDCL § 43-20-8 Signatures required for filing of corner record

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No corner record shall be filed unless the same is signed by a registered surveyor, or, in the case of an agency of the United States government the certificate may be signed by the survey party chief making the survey. Source: SL 1967, ch 58 , § 9.

SDCL § 43-20-9 Filing in accordance with chapter required

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No filing shall be of any force or legal effect unless and until filed as provided in this chapter. Source: SL 1967, ch 58 , § 12.