43-28-2. Instruments which may be recorded without acknowledgment or further proof. The following instruments may be recorded without acknowledgment or further proof:

(1) Judgments affecting the title to or possession of real property, authenticated by the certificate of the clerk of the court in which such judgments were rendered;

(2) Patents to real estate from the United States and final certificates from the United States land offices, or copies of the same duly certified by the commissioner of the general land office or his successor;

(3) Patents issued by the State of South Dakota or copies of the same duly certified by the commissioner of school and public lands;

(4) Contracts for the sale of lands of the State of South Dakota, or copies of the same duly certified by the commissioner of school and public lands;

(5) Notices of pendency of action signed by attorneys of record in the action in which such notices are entitled;

(6) Affidavits of identity of persons or places as to the homestead character of real estate as provided in § 43-28-4.1;

(7) Certificates of discharge of veterans as defined by § 33A-2-1 and of all persons who have served in the military forces of the United States or of any of its allies in any war in which the United States has engaged, or copies of such papers certified or authenticated in the manner prescribed by the statutes of the United States or regulations of the military department thereof;

(8) Affidavits or other recordable documents specifying the labor or improvements, or compliance requirements arising under federal law on mining claims.Source: CivC 1877, § 647; SL 1879, ch 47, § 1; CL 1887, § 3268; RCivC 1903, § 961; SL 1905, ch 149; RC 1919, § 569; SL 1921, ch 351; SL 1921, ch 352; SL 1923, ch 253; SL 1925, ch 265; SDC 1939, § 51.1603; SL 1990, ch 351, § 1; SL 1994, ch 338, § 1; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 20, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.