Section 18-4-4 - Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment within United States.
18-4-4. Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment within United States. The proof or acknowledgment of an instrument may be made without the state, but within the United States, and within the jurisdiction of the officer, before either:
(1) A justice, judge, or clerk of any court of record of the United States;
(2) A justice, judge, or clerk of any court of record of any state or territory;
(3) A notary public;
(4) Any officer of the state or territory where the acknowledgment is made, authorized by its laws to take such proof or acknowledgment; or
(5) A commissioner appointed for the purpose by the Governor of this state.
Source: CivC 1877, § 657; CL 1887, § 3279; RCivC 1903, § 972; SL 1907, ch 3; RC 1919, § 578; SDC 1939, § 51.1607.