43-28-8. Instruments which must be acknowledged or proved before record--Certification.
Before an instrument can be recorded, unless it belongs to one of the classes specified in §43-28-2 or unless its record has been authorized by the judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction, its execution must be acknowledged by the person executing it, or if executed by a corporation, by its authorized officer or it must be proved as provided by §18-4-18 or as provided by §§18-4-19 and 18-4-20 and such acknowledgment or proof must be certified as required in chapter 18-4.
Source: CivC 1877, §648; CL 1887, §3269; RCivC 1903, §962; RC 1919, §570; SDC 1939, §51.1602; SL 1943, ch 173.