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Code · South Dakota · Title 18 · Chapter 18-5

18-5-3. Officers permitted to take acknowledgment within United States.

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The acknowledgment of any instrument may be made without the state but within the United States or a territory or insular possession of the United States or the District of Columbia or the Philippine Islands and within the jurisdiction of the officer, before:
(1)A clerk or deputy clerk of any federal court;
(2)A clerk or deputy clerk of any court of record of any state or other jurisdiction;
(3)A notary public;
(4)A commissioner of deeds.
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