7-9-7.4. Original signatures required for recording paper document--Financing statements--Exhibits.
Unless otherwise provided by law, a paper document that is to be recorded or filed in the register of deeds' records as provided in this section or other applicable law shall contain the original signatures of the parties who execute the document and if required to be acknowledged or further proven, original signatures of the notary public, witnesses or other officer taking an acknowledgment. However, any financing statement filed and recorded pursuant to chapter 57A-9 does not need to contain:
(1)The signatures of the debtor or the secured party; or
(2)An acknowledgment.
No original signature may be required if the document is attached as an exhibit to an affidavit or other document that has an original signature that is acknowledged, sworn to with a proper jurat, or proved according to law.
Source: SL 2014, ch 47, §13.