South Dakota Codified Laws 7-9A-1. Definitions
Terms used in this chapter mean:
(1) “Document,” any information that is:
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 7-9A-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
(a) Inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and
(b) Eligible to be recorded in the public records maintained by the register of deeds;
(2) “Electronic,” relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities;
(3) “Electronic document,” a document that is received by the register of deeds in an electronic form;
(4) “Electronic recording commission” and “commission,” the commission established in § 7-9A-4;
(5) “Electronic signature,” an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent of affixing a signature on the document;
(6) “Paper document,” a document that is received by the register of deeds in a form that is not electronic;
(7) “Person,” an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity;
(8) “Register of deeds,” the county register of deeds for the county in which a document is received;
(9) “State,” a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
Source: SL 2014, ch 47, § 1.