18-1-7. Notarial acts of interested person or agent valid if not principal party to instrument.
A person who is personally interested directly or indirectly, or as a stockholder, officer, agent, attorney, or employee of any other person or party to a transaction concerning which the person is performing the function of a notary public, may make any certificate, take any acknowledgment, administer any oath, or do any other official act as a notary public with the same legal force and effect as if the person had no interest, provided the instrument or document does not show upon its face that the person is a principal party to the instrument or document.
Source: SL 1911, ch 197; RC 1919, §5250; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §32.1308; SL 2019, ch 100, §4.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 18 - Oaths and Acknowledgments
Section 18-1-1.1 - Definitions.
Section 18-1-2 - Oath and bond of notary.
Section 18-1-3 - Seal, oath, and bond filed with secretary of state.
Section 18-1-3.1 - Requirements of seal--Commission expiration date required below seal.
Section 18-1-4 - Issuance of commission--Posting--Records maintained by secretary of state.
Section 18-1-9 - Fee chargeable by notary.
Section 18-1-10 - Faith and credit to notarial acts.
Section 18-1-11 - Affixing official signature without appearance by parties as misdemeanor.
Section 18-1-11.1 - Notarial act--Video communication technology--Requirements.
Section 18-1-12 - Acting after expiration of term or disqualification as misdemeanor.
Section 18-1-12.1 - Performing notarial act without commission as misdemeanor.
Section 18-1-12.2 - Party to transaction as notary public prohibited.
Section 18-1-13 - Removal of notary from office for violation.
Section 18-1-14 - Notice to notary of revocation of commission.