44-8-9. Mortgage of real property--Acknowledgment or proof--Certification and recording.
Mortgages of real property may be acknowledged or proved, certified, and recorded in like manner and with like effect as grants thereof.
Source: CivC 1877, §1738; CL 1887, §4368; RCivC 1903, §2065; RC 1919, §1569; SDC 1939, §39.0304.