South Dakota Codified Laws 21-48-18. Cancellation or endorsement of evidence of debt on application of proceeds of sale
If the amount realized at the sale was sufficient to satisfy the mortgage debt and all other sums due at date of sale, the officer shall cancel the evidence of the debt by permanent endorsement thereon and return it to the person primarily liable thereon upon demand of such person or his attorney but if no such demand be made prior to the time deed or redemption under the foreclosure is made, the officer shall be no longer responsible for such return. If the amount realized at such sale is not sufficient to pay the sums due as aforesaid, the officer shall endorse on the evidence of the debt in permanent form, the amount of the sale and the amount remaining due on the debt, and return the evidence of the debt to the mortgagee, assignee, or other owner thereof. The officer making such endorsements shall date and sign the same.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 21-48-18
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.3006.