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Code · South Dakota · Title 18 · Chapter 18-4

18-4-12. Form of general certificate of acknowledgment.

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The certificate of acknowledgment of an instrument unless it is otherwise in this chapter provided must be substantially in the following form:
Territory of ____ or State of ____
County of ____ ss
On this ____ day of ____, in the year ____, before me personally appeared ____, known to me (or proved to me on the oath of ____) to be the person who is described in, and who executed the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he (or they) executed the same.
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