S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-1-15
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Acknowledgments by officers or employees of banks validated
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No public officer qualified to take acknowledgments or proofs of written instruments may be disqualified for taking the acknowledgment or proof of any instrument in writing in which a bank is interested by reason of his employment, whether as officer or employee, or by reason of his stock ownership or director status in a bank so interested, and any such acknowledgments or proofs taken before July 1, 1981, are hereby validated.
Source: SL 1981, ch 346, § 2; SDCL, § 51-15-15.
Source: SL 1981, ch 346, § 2; SDCL, § 51-15-15.
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