Section 18-4-10 - Identity of person making acknowledgment to be known or proved to officer. - South Dakota Statutes

18-4-10. Identity of person making acknowledgment to be known or proved to officer. The acknowledgment of an instrument must not be taken unless the officer taking it knows or has satisfactory evidence on the oath or affirmation of a credible witness, that the person making such acknowledgment is the individual who is described in and who executed the instrument; or, if executed by a corporation, that the person making such acknowledgment is an officer of the corporation authorized to execute the instrument.

Source: CivC 1877, § 659; CL 1887, § 3281; RCivC 1903, § 974; RC 1919, § 580; SDC 1939, § 51.1609.