Section 19-16-16 - (Rule 803(12)) Records of ceremonies performed by public official or clergyman. - South Dakota Statutes

19-16-16. (Rule 803(12)) Records of ceremonies performed by public official or clergyman. Statements of fact contained in a certificate that the maker performed a marriage or other ceremony or administered a sacrament, made by a clergyman, public official, or other person authorized by the rules or practices of a religious organization or by law to perform the act certified, and purporting to have been issued at the time of the act or within a reasonable time thereafter, are not excluded by § 19-16-4, even though the declarant is available as a witness.

Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 803 (12).