South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 04 - Acknowledgment And Proof Of Instruments
Section 18-4-15 - Form of certificate of acknowledgment by deputy sheriff.

18-4-15. Form of certificate of acknowledgment by deputy sheriff.
The certificate of acknowledgment by any deputy sheriff of South Dakota must be substantially in the following form:

State of South Dakota,
County of __________ ss
On this __________ day of __________, in the year ______, before me personally appeared ________, known to me (or proved to me on the oath of ________) to be the person who is described in and whose name is subscribed to the within instrument as deputy sheriff of said county and acknowledged to me that he subscribed the name of ________ thereto as sheriff of said county and his own name as deputy sheriff.

Source: SL 1887, ch 2, §1; CL 1887, §5162; RCivC 1903, §981, subdiv 3; RC 1919, §587 (3); SDC 1939, §51.1615 (4).

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 18 - Oaths and Acknowledgments

Chapter 04 - Acknowledgment And Proof Of Instruments

Section 18-4-1 - Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment within state.

Section 18-4-2 - Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment within circuit, county, or municipality.

Section 18-4-3 - Indian agents authorized to take acknowledgment or proof in Indian country--Recording of certificate of appointment.

Section 18-4-6 - Acknowledgment before commissioned officer of armed forces--Place of execution need not be shown.

Section 18-4-7 - Authentication of military certificate not required--Form of certificate attached.

Section 18-4-8 - Acknowledgments taken by military officers before 1943.

Section 18-4-9 - Uniformity of interpretation of military provisions.

Section 18-4-10 - Identity of person making acknowledgment to be known or proved to officer.

Section 18-4-11 - Certificate of officer taking acknowledgment to be attached.

Section 18-4-12 - Form of general certificate of acknowledgment.

Section 18-4-13 - Form of certificate of corporate acknowledgment.

Section 18-4-14 - Form of certificate of acknowledgment by attorney.

Section 18-4-15 - Form of certificate of acknowledgment by deputy sheriff.

Section 18-4-16 - Fees chargeable for acknowledgments--Violation as petty offense.

Section 18-4-17 - Means of proving instrument not acknowledged.

Section 18-4-18 - Proof of instrument by subscribing witness.

Section 18-4-19 - Circumstances permitting proof of instrument by handwriting.

Section 18-4-20 - Facts to be established for proof by handwriting.

Section 18-4-21 - Powers of officers authorized to take proof of instruments.

Section 18-4-22 - Contents of certificate of officer taking proof of instrument.

Section 18-4-23 - Authentication of certificates of acknowledgment or proof.

Section 18-4-24 - Clerk's certificate to accompany proof or acknowledgment taken by magistrate.

Section 18-4-25 - False certification of acknowledgment or proof as forgery.

Section 18-4-26 - Action in circuit court to prove instrument defectively certified--Judgment entitles instrument to record.

Section 18-4-27 - Prior instruments governed by prior law.

Section 18-4-28 - Validity of conveyances acknowledged or proved under prior law.

Section 18-4-29 - Form--Certificate of acknowledgement--Video communication technology.