Title 18, OATHS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The certificate of the acknowledging officer shall be completed by his signature and immediately following his signature and immediately preceding his official description, he shall endorse thereon his name with a typewriter or print the same legibly with a stamp or with pen and …

If the acknowledgment is taken within this state or is made without the United States by an officer of the United States no authentication shall be necessary. Source: SL 1941, ch 215 , § 9; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.16A09.

Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter contained the acknowledgment of any instrument without this state in compliance with the manner and form prescribed by the laws of the place of its execution, if in a state, a territory or insular possession of the United States, or i…

No acknowledgment taken prior to July 1, 1941, shall be affected by anything contained in this chapter. Source: SL 1941, ch 215 , § 11; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.16A11.

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to make uniform the laws of those states which enact it. Source: SL 1941, ch 215 , § 12; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.16A12.

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Acknowledgment Act. Source: SL 1941, ch 215 , § 13; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.16A13.

The acknowledgment of any instrument may be made in this state before: (1) A judge of the circuit court; (2) A clerk or deputy clerk of the circuit court; (3) A register of deeds; (4) A notary public; or (5) A magistrate. Source: SL 1941, ch 215 , § 2; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.16A02; …

The acknowledgment of any instrument may be made without the state but within the United States or a territory or insular possession of the United States or the District of Columbia or the Philippine Islands and within the jurisdiction of the officer, before: (1) A clerk or deput…

The acknowledgment of any instrument may be made without the United States before: (1) An ambassador, minister, charge d'affaires, counselor to or secretary of a legation, consul general, consul, vice consul, commercial attache, or consular agent of the United States accredited t…

The officer taking the acknowledgment shall know or have satisfactory evidence that the person making the acknowledgment is the person described in and who executed the instrument. Source: SL 1941, ch 215 , § 5; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.16A05.

An acknowledgment of a married person may be made in the same form as an unmarried person. Source: SL 1941, ch 215 , § 6; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.16A06; SL 1986, ch 27 , § 6.

An officer taking the acknowledgment shall endorse thereon or attach thereto a certificate substantially in one of the forms in §§ 18-5-8 to 18-5-12 , inclusive. Source: SL 1941, ch 215 , § 7; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.16A07.

The form for certificate of acknowledgment by individuals is as follows: State of ____ County of ____ On this the ____ day of ____, 20__, before me, ____, the undersigned officer, personally appeared ____, known to me or satisfactorily proven to be the person whose name ____ subs…

The form for certificate of acknowledgment by a corporation is as follows: State of ____ County of ____ On this the ____ day of ____, 20__, before me, ____, the undersigned officer, personally appeared ____, who acknowledged himself to be the ____ of ____, a corporation, and that…