Whenever an organized county shall be divided, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such newly organized county at once to secure a full, true, and complete transcript of such records of the original county as may relate to, or in any manner affect, property rights or interests within such newly organized county and, when such records are transcribed and certified to as hereinafter provided, they shall have the same force and effect as though originally filed and recorded in such newly organized county and as the records of such original county, and shall be received in all courts in evidence with the same force and effect as such original records.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 7-3-17

  • 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.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.

Source: SL 1915, ch 132, § 1; RC 1919, § 5781; SDC 1939, § 12.0410.

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