18-4-26. Action in circuit court to prove instrument defectively certified--Judgment entitles instrument to record.
When the acknowledgment or proof of execution of an instrument is properly made but defectively certified any party interested may have an action in the circuit court to obtain a judgment correcting the certificate.
Any person interested under an instrument entitled to be proved for record may institute an action in the circuit court against the proper parties to obtain a judgment proving such instrument.
A certified copy of the judgment in a proceeding instituted under the provisions of this section showing the proof of the instrument and attached thereto, entitles the instrument to record with like effect as if acknowledged.
Source: CivC 1877, §667; CL 1887, §3289; RCivC 1903, §982; RC 1919, §588; SDC 1939, §51.1616.