State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012  

398T0475   HOUSE BILL   NO.  1127  

Introduced by:    Representative Bolin
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to require county registers of deeds to record the names of persons who inspect or copy certain recorded instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That chapter 7-9 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
    The register of deeds shall record the name of any person who inspects or copies any deed, mortgage, or any other instrument authorized by law to be filed in the office of the register of deeds. The record shall include the name of the person who inspects or copies any such instrument, the date of the inspection or copying, and the individual instruments that are inspected or copied by the person. The record required pursuant to this section may be maintained by the register of deeds in either an electronic format or in hard copy.

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