South Dakota § 7-9A-4 Electronic recording commission created--Standards for recording electronic documents.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 7-9A-4 — Electronic recording commission created--Standards for recording electronic documents.

South Dakota § 7-9A-4

Title 7COUNTIES

Ch. 7-9AUNIFORM REAL PROPERTY ELECTRONIC RECORDING ACT

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S.D. Codified Laws § 7-9A-4 (2026).

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The electronic recording commission is hereby created and shall consist of nine voting members. The commission shall adopt standards to implement procedures for recording electronic documents with the register of deeds. The commission shall consist of nine members appointed as follows:

(1)Five registers of deeds appointed by the president of the South Dakota Association of County Officials, which includes one register of deeds to be appointed from a county that has a population of seventy-five thousand or more; one register of deeds from a county that has a population of twenty thousand or more but less than seventy-five thousand; and one register of deeds from a county that has a population of less than twenty thousand; and two registers of deeds from other counties with no regard to

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The electronic recording commission is hereby created and shall consist of nine voting members. The commission shall adopt standards to implement procedures for recording electronic documents with the register of deeds. The commission shall consist of nine members appointed as follows: (1) Five registers of deeds appointed by the president of the South Dakota Association of County Officials, which includes one register of deeds to be appointed from a county that has a population of seventy-five thousand or more; one register of deeds from a county that has a population of twenty thousand or more but less than seventy-five thousand; and one register of deeds from a county that has a population of less than twenty thousand; and two registers of deeds from other counties with no regard to population size; (2) One attorney licensed in the State of South Dakota whose practice emphasizes real property matters appointed by the president of the State Bar Association; (3) Two licensed title abstractors certified in the State of South Dakota appointed by the president of the South Dakota Land Title Association; and (4) One person in the banking industry appointed by the South Dakota Bankers Association. The commission shall annually appoint one nonvoting member who is an information technology professional. The appointed members of the commission shall serve for terms of two years, except that, of the registers of deeds first appointed, two shall serve for one year, two shall serve for two years, and one shall serve for three years; of the certified title abstractors, appointed initially, one will serve for three years and one will serve for two years. If a vacancy occurs on the commission, the respective associations shall make an appointment for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.