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Code · South Dakota · Title 38 · Chapter 38-17

38-17-1. Contract reserving title to landlord to be filed with register of deeds.

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Every contract whereby the ownership or title to crops growing or to be grown upon any lands in this state is reserved in the landlord until division thereof between such landlord and the cropper or tenant, shall be filed in the office of the register of deeds of the county wherein such lands are located.
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