Section 19-17-5 - (Rule 902(4)) Certified copies of public records.
19-17-5. (Rule 902(4)) Certified copies of public records. Extrinsic evidence of authenticity as a condition precedent to admissibility is not required with respect to a copy of an official record or report or entry therein, or of a document authorized by law to be recorded or filed and actually recorded or filed in a public office, including data compilations in any form, certified as correct by the custodian or other person authorized to make the certification, by certificate complying with § 19-17-2, 19-17-3, or 19-17-4 or complying with any law of the United States or state thereof.
Source: SL 1921, ch 351; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 36.0204; SDCL, § 19-4-4; Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 902 (4).