Section 32-3-16 - Uniform method of numbering certificates--Retention of documents indepartment records.
32-3-16. Uniform method of numbering certificates--Retention of documents in department records. The department shall prescribe and adopt a uniform method of numbering certificates of title which shall be unique and which the numbers may not be duplicated. The department shall appropriately file and index all records by title number. Applications, certificates of titles, and any other documents filed with the department shall be microfilmed and retained in the department records.
Source: SDC 1939, § 44.0202 (9) as added by SL 1951, ch 229, § 2; SL 1963, ch 252; SL 1965, ch 186, § 2; SL 1989, ch 257, § 18.