7-9-18. Failure by register to collect, record, report or pay over fees as theft.
Any register of deeds who shall neglect or omit to charge or collect the fees allowed by law for services rendered by him, or shall fail to keep a record of the same, or to make a correct statement thereof to the county auditor, or to pay over such fees to the county treasurer as provided in §7-9-17, with intent to evade the provisions of said section, shall be guilty of theft.
Source: SL 1890, ch 134, §§2, 4; RPolC 1903, §1828; RC 1919, §5923; SDC 1939, §12.9905; SL 1981, ch 43, §3.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 09 - Register Of Deeds
Section 7-9-1 - Duty to keep records of instruments--Destruction of unneeded records.
Section 7-9-1.1 - Recording, filing, and indexing of records by microfilming or computerization.
Section 7-9-2 - Seal of office--Use on instruments.
Section 7-9-3 - Time of recording.
Section 7-9-4 - Special townsite deed record required.
Section 7-9-5 - Conveyances of platted land not accepted until plat recorded.
Section 7-9-7.1 - Report of information in recorded instruments.
Section 7-9-7.2 - Certificate of value--Form.
Section 7-9-7.3 - State exempt from filing certificate of value.
Section 7-9-8 - Numerical indexes of instruments affecting real property--Form.
Section 7-9-8.1 - Endorsement of date, time, and identifying number--Entry in indexes.
Section 7-9-9 - Alphabetical indexes of instruments affecting real property.
Section 7-9-10 - Monthly report to tax officials of real estate transfers.
Section 7-9-11 - Numbering and alphabetical index of instruments relating to personal property.
Section 7-9-12 - Form of personal property index.
Section 7-9-13 - Continued use of previously authorized register index.
Section 7-9-13.1 - Release of old age assistance liens.
Section 7-9-15 - Fees--Real estate documents to conform to format standards--Exception.
Section 7-9-15.1 - Immunity from personal liability for bad checks.
Section 7-9-16 - Reception record and fee book maintained by register--Entries in record.
Section 7-9-18 - Failure by register to collect, record, report or pay over fees as theft.
Section 7-9-19 - Refusal to record.
Section 7-9-20 - Court action for refusal to record.
Section 7-9-21 - Liability of register for refusal to record.
Section 7-9-22 - Suspicion of counterfeit recorded documents--Notice.
Section 7-9-24 - Electronic preservation of documents.
Section 7-9-25 - County register of deeds modernization and preservation relief fund.