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Section
1-01

Tribal lands.

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
5-10

Abbreviations.

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
6-05

Notary seal.

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
9-04

Railroads.

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
12-07

Real property sold free and clear of any interest in course of bankruptcy proceedings.

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
14-01

Mortgages.

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
15-19

Omitted real estate or faulty description of closed estate.

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
16-04

Condominiums.

Section
19-01

Metes and bounds.

Section
19-02

Legal description from survey or plat.

Section
19-03

Platting.

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.

Section
23-04

Affidavit--lending institution.

Section
26-01

Tax title.

Section
26-02

Effect of tax deed.