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Register Of Deeds

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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.

Seal of office--Use on instruments.

Time of recording.

Special townsite deed record required.

Conveyances of platted land not accepted until plat recorded.

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

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

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
7-9-7.4

Original signatures required for recording paper document--Financing statements--Exhibits.

Numerical indexes of instruments affecting real property--Form.

Section
7-9-8.1

Endorsement of date, time, and identifying number--Entry in indexes.

Alphabetical indexes of instruments affecting real property.

Monthly report to tax officials of real estate transfers.

Numbering and alphabetical index of instruments relating to personal property.

Form of personal property index.

Continued use of previously authorized register index.

Section
7-9-13.1

Release of old age assistance liens.

Replacement of unusable indexes--Completion of incomplete indexes--Admissibility in evidence.

Fees--Real estate documents to conform to format standards--Exception.

Section
7-9-15.1

Immunity from personal liability for bad checks.

Reception record and fee book maintained by register--Entries in record.

Deposit of fees and other collections received--Charging on account--Record of accounts receivable.

Failure by register to collect, record, report or pay over fees as theft.

Refusal to record.

Court action for refusal to record.

Liability of register for refusal to record.

Suspicion of counterfeit recorded documents--Notice.

Repealed.

Electronic preservation of documents.

County register of deeds modernization and preservation relief fund.

Fees deposited into fund--Distribution.

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

South Dakota association of county officials register of deeds modernization and preservation relief fund.

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