South Dakota Statutes
§ 18-1-7 — Notarial acts of interested person or agent valid if not principal party to instrument.
South Dakota § 18-1-7
This text of South Dakota § 18-1-7 (Notarial acts of interested person or agent valid if not principal party to instrument.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 18-1-7 (2026).
Text
A person who is personally interested directly or indirectly, or as a stockholder, officer, agent, attorney, or employee of any other person or party to a transaction concerning which the person is performing the function of a notary public, may make any certificate, take any acknowledgment, administer any oath, or do any other official act as a notary public with the same legal force and effect as if the person had no interest, provided the instrument or document does not show upon its face that the person is a principal party to the instrument or document.
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Related
Contract Materials Co. v. Oahe Land & Cattle Co.
374 N.W.2d 102 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1985)
Legislative History
SL 1911, ch 197; RC 1919, § 5250; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1308; SL 2019, ch 100, § 4.
Nearby Sections
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§ 18-1-1.1
Definitions.§ 18-1-10
Faith and credit to notarial acts.§ 18-1-11.7
Promulgation of rules.§ 18-1-11.8
Validity of notarial acts.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 18-1-7, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/18-1-7.