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Code · South Dakota · Title 53 · Chapter 53-12

53-12-42. Requirements for creation, storage, and assignment of transferable record--Authoritative copy.

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A system satisfies § 53-12-41 , and a person is deemed to have control of a transferable record, if the transferable record is created, stored, and assigned in such a manner that:
(1)A single authoritative copy of the transferable record exists that is unique, identifiable, and, except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (4), (5), and
(6)of this section, unalterable;
(2)The authoritative copy identifies the person asserting control as:
(a)The person to which the transferable record was issued; or
(b)If the authoritative copy indicates that the transferable record has been transferred, the person to which the transferable record was most recently transferred;
(3)The authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the person asserting control or its designated custodian;
(4)Copies or revisions that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the person asserting control;
(5)Each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and
(6)Any revision of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.
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