The form for certificate of acknowledgment by a corporation is as follows:

State of ____

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 18-5-9

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Seal: includes an impression of the seal upon the paper alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed to the paper, and also the word "seal" written or printed on such paper. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

County of ____

On this the ____ day of ____, 20__, before me, ____, the undersigned officer, personally appeared ____, who acknowledged himself to be the ____ of ____, a corporation, and that he, as such ____ being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the corporation by himself as ____.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

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Title of officer.

Source: SL 1941, ch 215, § 7; SDC Supp 1960, § 51.16A07 (2).