7-9-7. Names, addresses, and descriptions required in recorded instruments--Certificate of value.
No register of deeds may accept for record in the office of the register of deeds:
(1)Any deed, affidavit terminating joint tenancy or life estate interests, or oil, gas, or other mineral lease, or affidavit for succession to real property pursuant to §29A-3-1203 that does not include the names of the grantor and the grantee or the lessor and the lessee, the names of the joint tenant, the post office address of the grantee or lessee, and a legal description of the property conveyed or leased;
(2)Any mortgage that does not include the names of the mortgagor and the mortgagee, the post office address of the mortgagee, a legal description of the property, and the amount of the mortgage and when it is due;
(3)Any assignment of mortgage or oil, gas, or other mineral lease that does not include the names of the assignor and the assignee, the post office address of the assignee, and a legal description of the property;
(4)Any deed or contract for deed dated after July 1, 1988 or affidavit for succession to real property pursuant to §29A-3-1203, used in the purchase, exchange, transfer, or assignment of interest in real property that is not accompanied by a certificate of value containing the name and address of the buyer and seller, the legal description of the real property, the actual consideration exchanged for the real property, the relationship of the seller and buyer, if any, and the terms of payment if other than payment in full at the time of sale; or
(5)A transfer on death deed, pursuant to §§29A-6-401 to 29A-6-435, inclusive, is exempt from completing and submitting the certificate of value as set forth in subdivision (4) of this section.
Source: SL 1911, ch 257, §6; RC 1919, §5916; SDC 1939, §12.0708; SL 1943, ch 25; SL 1972, ch 41; SL 1983, ch 43; SL 1987, ch 69; SL 1988, ch 68; SL 1991, ch 61, §1; SL 2006, ch 32, §1; SL 2014, ch 133, §36; SL 2022, ch 89, §2.
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.