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Code · South Dakota · Title 43 · Chapter 43-28

43-28-5. Presumption that execution of certificate attached to copy of instrument eligible for record was made by authorized officer.

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In the absence of any showing of record to the contrary, it shall be presumed that any person or officer who purports to have executed a certificate attached to a copy of any instrument or record which is by § 43-28-4 made eligible for record was duly authorized to execute such certificate at the time it purports to have been executed.
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