21-51-10. Recording of judgment--Effect as discharge.
A certified copy of the judgment may be filed in the office of any register of deeds or other public official of the state and shall have the effect of canceling or discharging said record according to the terms of said judgment and shall be of the same effect as a discharge or release of such instrument duly executed and acknowledged by the lawful holder thereof.
Source: SL 1901, ch 108; RCCivP 1903, §880; SL 1913, ch 272, §1; RC 1919, §3046; SL 1920 (SS), ch 67, §2; Supreme Court Rule 567, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §37.0906.