The register of deeds of the county recording any master deed or lease shall receive the sum of seventy-five dollars for the first fifty pages plus two dollars per page for each page or fraction thereof exceeding fifty pages. A master deed or lease shall be recorded in the same manner and subject to the same provisions of law as are deeds. However, no state or local recordation tax upon the value of the property transferred shall apply to the deed or portion thereof recorded solely for the purpose of complying with the provisions of § 43-15A-3.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 43-15A-9

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1975, ch 270, § 5; SL 2012, ch 51, § 3.