South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 02 - Legal Newspapers and Publication of Notice
Section 17-2-23 - Publication affidavits validated despite discrepancy in name of newspaper.

17-2-23. Publication affidavits validated despite discrepancy in name of newspaper.
Whenever it shall appear from the affidavit of publication of a notice or of other legal or official matter which has been filed or recorded prior to July 1, 1949, in any action or proceeding or in the office of any register of deeds that the name of the newspaper in which such publication was had does not strictly conform to the name of newspaper contained in any order for the publication thereof or is not identical with the name of such newspaper, and where there is no reasonable ground for doubt as to the newspaper referred to in said affidavit and said order being one and the same newspaper, such affidavit of publication of said notice is hereby legalized and validated and said affidavit of publication and the record thereof shall have in all respects the same force and effect as though said inconsistency or discrepancy hereinbefore referred to did not exist.

Source: SL 1949, ch 445, §3; SDC Supp 1960, §65.0305-1 (3).

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