S.D. Codified Laws § 18-1-11.2
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Notarial act--Remote online notarization--Requirements
Official statutory text
A notarial officer in this state, while located in this state, may perform a notarial act executed on an electronic record by a person not in the physical presence of the notarial officer but observed by the notarial officer through means of video communication technology if the notarial officer:
(1) Has personal knowledge, by means of two different methods of identity proofing, that the person has the identity being claimed;
(2) Affixes the notarial officer's signature to the electronic record executed by the person;
(3) Indicates the remote location of the person executing the document in the notarial certificate pursuant to § 18-4-30 ;
(4) Indicates in the notarial certificate pursuant to § 18-4-30 that the notarial act involved a statement made or a signature executed by a person not in the physical presence of the notarial officer, but appearing by means of video communication technology, and a tamper-evident electronic notarization system; and
(5) Creates an audio-visual copy of the performance of the notarial act.
Source: SL 2024, ch 71, § 4.
(1) Has personal knowledge, by means of two different methods of identity proofing, that the person has the identity being claimed;
(2) Affixes the notarial officer's signature to the electronic record executed by the person;
(3) Indicates the remote location of the person executing the document in the notarial certificate pursuant to § 18-4-30 ;
(4) Indicates in the notarial certificate pursuant to § 18-4-30 that the notarial act involved a statement made or a signature executed by a person not in the physical presence of the notarial officer, but appearing by means of video communication technology, and a tamper-evident electronic notarization system; and
(5) Creates an audio-visual copy of the performance of the notarial act.
Source: SL 2024, ch 71, § 4.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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