9-01.Easements as encumbrances.
Easements, including those reflected on plats, servitudes or non-appurtenant restrictions on the use of real property should be noted as encumbrances.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
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Section 2-01 - Contracts for deed--deed to vendee.
Section 2-02 - Contract for deed--merger.
Section 2-03 - Contract for deed--conveyances of interests.
Section 2-04 - Contract for deed--transfers by vendor.
Section 2-05 - Contract for deed--vendee's interest.
Section 2-06 - Contract for deed--effect on joint tenancy.
Section 2-07 - Contract for deed--cancellation.
Section 2-08 - Contract for deed--deeds held in escrow.
Section 3-01 - Agricultural/commercial leases.
Section 3-02 - Leases--notice of renewal.
Section 4-01 - Effect of judgment on joint tenancy property.
Section 4-02 - Conveyances to two or more individuals--inclusion of business name.
Section 4-03 - Homestead rights--effect of partnership on.
Section 4-04 - Conveyances by partnership.
Section 4-05 - Conveyances to and by partners.
Section 4-06 - Conveyances by partnership--when proof of authority not required.
Section 4-07 - Conveyances of partnership interest after death of partner.
Section 4-08 - Partnership--effect of dissolution or cessation of business.
Section 4-09 - Partnership--effect of judgments.
Section 4-10 - Deed divests present title of all grantors.
Section 4-11 - Partnership--duration presumed.
Section 5-01 - Affidavit of marital status.
Section 5-02 - Indication of marital status.
Section 5-03 - Recitation of marital status.
Section 5-04 - Failure to include marital status.
Section 5-05 - Recitals of record.
Section 5-06 - Execution by spouse under power of attorney.
Section 5-07 - Deed of homestead.
Section 5-08 - Rule of idem sonans.
Section 5-09 - Use or nonuse of middle names or initials.
Section 5-11 - Name variations.
Section 5-12 - Effect of prefix, suffix and descriptio personae.
Section 5-13 - Statement indicating identity.
Section 5-14 - Variance in name of grantors.
Section 5-15 - Variance between signature or body of deed and acknowledgment.
Section 5-16 - Deceased persons.
Section 5-17 - Conveyance--fictitious persons.
Section 5-18 - Powers of attorney.
Section 5-19 - Durable power of attorney.
Section 5-20 - Grant of power of attorney.
Section 5-21 - Recording power of attorney.
Section 5-22 - Conveyances under authority of power of attorney.
Section 5-23 - Designation of "trustee".
Section 5-24 - Trust conveyances--curative statute.
Section 5-25 - Property in trust.
Section 5-26 - Discrepancy in corporate name.
Section 5-27 - Corporate deed.
Section 5-28 - Corporate existence.
Section 5-29 - Ultra vires not assumed.
Section 5-30 - Corporate acknowledgments.
Section 5-31 - Conveyances to or from unincorporated associations.
Section 5-32 - Authority of unincorporated associations.
Section 5-33 - Conveyance--limited liability company, authority presumed.
Section 5-34 - Execution--corporate or limited liability company.
Section 5-35 - Political subdivisions--no specific standard.
Section 6-01 - Delivery, delay in recordation.
Section 6-02 - Date of acknowledgment.
Section 6-03 - Notary act presumed valid.
Section 6-04 - Expired notary.
Section 6-06 - Lis pendens--effect of judgment.
Section 6-07 - Statute of limitations--lis pendens.
Section 7-01 - Signatures by mark.
Section 7-02 - Alternative grantees.
Section 7-03 - Strangers to title.
Section 7-04 - Quit claim--after acquired title.
Section 7-05 - Deeds--after acquired title.
Section 7-06 - Marketable title acts.
Section 7-07 - Affidavit of possession to be recorded--affiant.
Section 7-08 - Affidavit of possession as basis for creating marketable title under tax deed.
Section 7-09 - Use of affidavits.
Section 7-10 - Corrective instruments.
Section 7-11 - Instruments which are altered and re-recorded.
Section 7-12 - Conveyances--farm credit--right of first refusal.
Section 8-01 - Ownership of water.
Section 8-02 - Accretion, reliction, erosion and avulsion.
Section 8-03 - High-water mark boundaries.
Section 8-04 - Road and street as boundaries.
Section 8-05 - Vacated highway, street, alley or public right of way.
Section 8-06 - Conveyances to state for highway purposes.
Section 8-07 - Dedication of streets, etc.
Section 8-08 - Consult SD Mineral Title Standards.
Section 8-09 - Mineral ownership--notation.
Section 8-10 - Severance of minerals--notation.
Section 8-11 - Conveyances of royalties and minerals.
Section 8-12 - Oil and gas leases--contingent future interests.
Section 8-13 - Leases--oil--gas.
Section 9-01 - Easements as encumbrances.
Section 9-02 - Rights-of-way as encumbrances.
Section 9-03 - Conveyances--effect of reservations or exceptions.
Section 9-05 - Wind energy easements.
Section 9-06 - Wind energy rights--limitation on severance.
Section 10-01 - Covenants, conditions and restrictions defined.
Section 10-02 - Covenants, conditions & restrictions are generally deemed to run with the land.
Section 10-03 - General plan restrictions--subdivision of tracts.
Section 10-04 - Revocation of declaration or contract--execution by successor in interest.
Section 10-05 - Expiration of covenants, conditions and restrictions.
Section 10-06 - Validity of restrictions.
Section 10-07 - Restrictions in derogation of existing law.
Section 11-01 - Medical assistance lien.
Section 11-02 - Child support liens.
Section 11-03 - Tax lien--county.
Section 11-04 - Poor relief lien.
Section 11-05 - Claims under federal laws.
Section 11-06 - Tax Lien--State or Federal.
Section 12-01 - Judgments--lapse.
Section 12-02 - Divorce--judgment affecting defendant's title.
Section 12-03 - Divorce--sufficiency of judgment.
Section 12-04 - Notice of levy.
Section 12-05 - Real property abandoned by bankruptcy trustee.
Section 12-06 - Real property claimed as exempt by debtor.
Section 12-08 - Bankruptcy lien avoidance.
Section 12-09 - Bankruptcy discharge.
Section 13-01 - Mechanic's lien.
Section 13-02 - Mechanic and materialmen's lien.
Section 14-02 - Reference to nonrecorded mortgage.
Section 14-03 - Mortgages--release or assignment.
Section 14-04 - Mortgages--statute of limitations.
Section 14-05 - Satisfaction by one of plural mortgagees.
Section 14-06 - Release of mortgage by other than mortgagee.
Section 14-07 - Release--assignment of rents.
Section 14-08 - Defect in satisfaction of mortgage.
Section 14-09 - Deeds--unsatisfied mortgage.
Section 14-10 - Mortgage--merger of title.
Section 14-11 - Foreclosure of mortgage by action.
Section 14-12 - Foreclosure by advertisement.
Section 15-01 - Probate--chain of title.
Section 15-02 - Executor's deed.
Section 15-03 - Conveyances made under probate.
Section 15-04 - Chain of title--probate.
Section 15-05 - Authority of personal representative.
Section 15-06 - Deed of distribution.
Section 15-07 - Delayed probate.
Section 15-08 - South Dakota inheritance tax liens.
Section 15-09 - Termination of life tenant.
Section 15-10 - Probate--existence of federal lien.
Section 15-11 - Authority of successor fiduciary.
Section 15-12 - Term of authority for fiduciary.
Section 15-13 - Acts authorized by personal representative or conservator.
Section 15-14 - Guardian's deeds.
Section 15-15 - Conservator's deeds.
Section 15-16 - Authority of conservator.
Section 15-17 - Foreign personal representative.
Section 15-18 - Guardian and conservator.
Section 16-01 - Omission and inconsistency of dates.
Section 16-02 - Effect of curative acts.
Section 16-03 - Contents of affidavit--interest of maker.
Section 19-01 - Metes and bounds.
Section 19-02 - Legal description from survey or plat.
Section 19-04 - Plats, designation or variations in name.
Section 19-05 - Plats, effect of joinders in.
Section 19-06 - Plats, vacation before lots sold.
Section 19-07 - Plats, vacation after lots sold.
Section 19-08 - Discrepancy in survey.
Section 19-09 - Plats, effect of replat.
Section 23-01 - Marketable record title--statute of limitations.
Section 23-02 - Title by patent.
Section 23-03 - Validity of patent.