The certificate of acknowledgment of an instrument executed by a corporation must be substantially in the following form:

Territory of ____ or State of ____

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 18-4-13

  • 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.

County of ____ ss

On this ____ day of ____, in the year ____, before me ____, personally appeared ____, known to me (or proved to me on the oath of ____) to be the ____ of the corporation that is described in and that executed the within instrument and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the same.

Source: CivC 1877, § 666, subdiv 2; CL 1887, § 3288, subdiv 2; RCivC 1903, § 981, subdiv 2; RC 1919, § 587 (2); SL 1921, ch 2; SDC 1939, § 51.1615 (2).