Section 11-5-2 - Execution, filing and recording of declaration or contract of landowners--Homestead. - South Dakota Statutes

11-5-2. Execution, filing and recording of declaration or contract of landowners--Homestead. Any property owner desiring to exercise the powers conferred by § 11-5-1 shall enter into a declaration or contract in writing specifying the regulations and restrictions which the property owner may desire to impose upon the property owned by him. The declaration or contract shall be signed by the property owner executing the same and acknowledged by the property owner who shall, within thirty days after the execution and acknowledgment of the declaration or contract, record the same in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the land affected is situated. If required by the municipal governing body, within thirty days after the recording, a copy, certified by the register of deeds, shall be filed with the auditor of the first or second class municipality in which the land is situated. Any declaration or contract covering a homestead shall be executed and acknowledged by both the owner and the spouse of the owner.

Source: SL 1925, ch 243, § 2; SDC 1939, § 45.2612; SL 1980, ch 108; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.