44-8-14. Discharge of recorded mortgage--Certificate of release, contents, recording, fee.
A recorded mortgage may be discharged upon the records of a register of deeds by filing for record and causing to be recorded at length a certificate signed by the mortgagee or his successor in interest by succession, assignment, representation, or otherwise, acknowledged, or proved and certified as prescribed by the statutes relating to recording acts, fully stating the names of the mortgagor, the mortgagee, the date of the mortgage, the date, county, state, book, and page of record of the mortgage, description of the mortgaged premises or part thereof sought to be released, and that the same are fully and completely released from all lien, force, and effect of the mortgage, or that the same is fully paid, satisfied, or discharged, or partially paid, satisfied, or discharged, and the extent thereof, as the case may be. The register of deeds shall record all such instruments upon the payment of the fee prescribed by law, and shall make note upon the margin of the record of the mortgage to the book and page where the discharge is recorded.
Source: CivC 1877, §1735, subdivs 4, 5; CL 1887, §§4363, 4364; SL 1893, ch 119; RCivC 1903, §§2059, 2060; RC 1919, §§1563, 1564; SDC 1939, §39.0214.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 08 - Real Estate Mortgages
Section 44-8-1 - Creation, renewal, or extension of mortgage of real property--Formalities required.
Section 44-8-1.1 - Real property interests subject to mortgage.
Section 44-8-1.2 - After-acquired title of real property mortgagor.
Section 44-8-1.3 - Mortgagor not bound to personal performance.
Section 44-8-1.4 - Mortgage assigned with debt.
Section 44-8-1.5 - Security of mortgage protected against mortgagor's act.
Section 44-8-3 - Standard form of real estate mortgage.
Section 44-8-4 - Assignment of real estate mortgage--Standard form.
Section 44-8-5 - Satisfaction of real estate mortgage--Standard form.
Section 44-8-9 - Mortgage of real property--Acknowledgment or proof--Certification and recording.
Section 44-8-10 - Record of mortgage--Notice to subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers.
Section 44-8-11 - Instrument intended as mortgage of real property--Recording as mortgage necessary.
Section 44-8-12 - Defeasance, to effect grant absolute on its face, must be recorded.
Section 44-8-14 - Discharge of recorded mortgage--Certificate of release, contents, recording, fee.
Section 44-8-23 - Executory contract remedies unaffected by deficiency judgment provisions.
Section 44-8-25 - Deficiency judgment provisions not applicable to outside lenders.
Section 44-8-26 - Collateral real estate mortgages.
Section 44-8-27 - Due-on-sale clause defined.
Section 44-8-28 - Inclusion of due-on-sale clause in mortgage required for enforcement.
Section 44-8-29 - Definition of terms.
Section 44-8-30 - Certificate of release--Conditions.
Section 44-8-31 - Requirements of certificate of release.
Section 44-8-32 - Execution and acknowledgment of certificate of release--Appointment of agent.
Section 44-8-33 - Certificate of release prima facie evidence--Recording.
Section 44-8-34 - Recording certificate of release in multiple counties.
Section 44-8-35 - Application of certificate of release only to certain mortgages.