Any abstract of title certified to be true and correct by any abstracter holding a valid certificate of registration pursuant to this chapter, under the signature and seal of such abstracter, shall be received by the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of the existence of records of the content and filing indicated on the abstract, subject to such rules as to procedure as the Supreme Court may promulgate in such cases.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 36-13-26

  • 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.
  • 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

Source: SDC 1939, § 1.0110; SL 2008, ch 195, § 32.