An officer taking proof of the execution of an instrument must in his certificate endorsed thereon or attached thereto set forth all the matters required by law to be done or known by him or proved before him on the proceeding, together with the names of all the witnesses examined before him, their places of residence respectively, and the substance of their evidence.
S.D. Codified Laws § 18-4-22
Contents of certificate of officer taking proof of instrument
Source: CivC 1877, § 665; CL 1887, § 3287; RCivC 1903, § 980; RC 1919, § 586; SDC 1939, § 51.1614.
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