South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 7 - Counties
Chapter 09 - Register Of Deeds

Section 7-9-1 - Duty to keep records of instruments--Destruction of unneeded records. - 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. - 7-9-1.1. Recording, filing, and indexing of records by microfilming or...

Section 7-9-2 - Seal of office--Use on instruments. - 7-9-2. Seal of office--Use on instruments. The register of deeds...

Section 7-9-3 - Time of recording. - 7-9-3. Time of recording. Each instrument entitled by law to...

Section 7-9-4 - Special townsite deed record required. - 7-9-4. Special townsite deed record required. In counties where townsites...

Section 7-9-5 - Conveyances of platted land not accepted until plat recorded. - 7-9-5. Conveyances of platted land not accepted until plat recorded....

Section 7-9-6 - Tax payment certificate required for recording of plat--County auditor's, state highway, and centrally assessed railroad property plats excepted. - 7-9-6. Tax payment certificate required for recording of plat--County auditor's,...

Section 7-9-7 - Names, addresses, and descriptions required in recorded instruments--Certificate of value. - 7-9-7. Names, addresses, and descriptions required in recorded instruments--Certificate of...

Section 7-9-7.1 - Report of information in recorded instruments. - 7-9-7.1. Report of information in recorded instruments. The register of...

Section 7-9-7.2 - Certificate of value--Form. - 7-9-7.2. Certificate of value--Form. The form of the certificate of...

Section 7-9-7.3 - State exempt from filing certificate of value. - 7-9-7.3. State exempt from filing certificate of value. In lieu...

Section 7-9-7.4 - Original signatures required for recording paper document--Financing statements--Exhibits. - 7-9-7.4. Original signatures required for recording paper document--Financing statements--Exhibits. Unless...

Section 7-9-8 - Numerical indexes of instruments affecting real property--Form. - 7-9-8. Numerical indexes of instruments affecting real property--Form. The register...

Section 7-9-8.1 - Endorsement of date, time, and identifying number--Entry in indexes. - 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. - 7-9-9. Alphabetical indexes of instruments affecting real property. In addition...

Section 7-9-10 - Monthly report to tax officials of real estate transfers. - 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. - 7-9-11. Numbering and alphabetical index of instruments relating to personal...

Section 7-9-12 - Form of personal property index. - 7-9-12. Form of personal property index. The index described in...

Section 7-9-13 - Continued use of previously authorized register index. - 7-9-13. Continued use of previously authorized register index. Any register...

Section 7-9-13.1 - Release of old age assistance liens. - 7-9-13.1. Release of old age assistance liens. All liens and...

Section 7-9-14 - Replacement of unusable indexes--Completion of incomplete indexes--Admissibility in evidence. - 7-9-14. Replacement of unusable indexes--Completion of incomplete indexes--Admissibility in evidence....

Section 7-9-15 - Fees--Real estate documents to conform to format standards--Exception. - 7-9-15. Fees--Real estate documents to conform to format standards--Exception. The...

Section 7-9-15.1 - Immunity from personal liability for bad checks. - 7-9-15.1. Immunity from personal liability for bad checks. A register...

Section 7-9-16 - Reception record and fee book maintained by register--Entries in record. - 7-9-16. Reception record and fee book maintained by register--Entries in...

Section 7-9-17 - Deposit of fees and other collections received--Charging on account--Record of accounts receivable. - 7-9-17. Deposit of fees and other collections received--Charging on account--Record...

Section 7-9-18 - Failure by register to collect, record, report or pay over fees as theft. - 7-9-18. Failure by register to collect, record, report or pay...

Section 7-9-19 - Refusal to record. - 7-9-19. Refusal to record. A register of deeds may refuse...

Section 7-9-20 - Court action for refusal to record. - 7-9-20. Court action for refusal to record. Any person whose...

Section 7-9-21 - Liability of register for refusal to record. - 7-9-21. Liability of register for refusal to record. If a...

Section 7-9-22 - Suspicion of counterfeit recorded documents--Notice. - 7-9-22. Suspicion of counterfeit recorded documents--Notice. If a register of...

Section 7-9-24 - Electronic preservation of documents. - 7-9-24. Electronic preservation of documents. Any permanent document filed or...

Section 7-9-25 - County register of deeds modernization and preservation relief fund. - 7-9-25. County register of deeds modernization and preservation relief fund....

Section 7-9-26 - Fees deposited into fund--Distribution. - 7-9-26. Fees deposited into fund--Distribution. Five dollars of each recording...

Section 7-9-27 - Duty of the county governing body to fund register of deeds--Gifts, grants, contributions, and funds from other sources. - 7-9-27. Duty of the county governing body to fund register...

Section 7-9-28 - South Dakota association of county officials register of deeds modernization and preservation relief fund. - 7-9-28. South Dakota association of county officials register of deeds...

Section 7-9-29 - Fiscal year of fund--Computation of each county's share of deposits--Division of money in fund--Administrative fee. - 7-9-29. Fiscal year of fund--Computation of each county's share of...