SDCL § 10-3-31: Examination of recorded real estate conveyances--Record of considerations shown--Destruction.

The director of equalization shall regularly examine all conveyances of real estate in the county as filed with the register of deeds and keep a record by description of the considerations shown on the conveyances. However, the director of equalization may destroy any record that is declared by the records destruction board, acting pursuant to § 1-27-19, to have no further administrative, legal, fiscal, research, or historical value.