The absence of the seal of any grantor or his agent from any grant of an estate in real property heretofore or hereafter made shall not invalidate or in any manner impair the same.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 43-25-25

  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • 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: CivC 1877, § 623; CL 1887, § 3246; RCivC 1903, § 939; RC 1919, § 541; SDC 1939, § 51.1402.