SDCL § 21-42-9: Lis pendens notice recorded by register of deeds--Destruction of records.

Upon the filing of the summons and complaint, a notice of pendency of the action shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the action is pending; the lis pendens so recorded shall be filed and recorded by the register of deeds in the same manner and as required by law for the recording of instruments concerning real property. However, the register of deeds may destroy any record which the records destruction board, acting pursuant to § 1-27-19, declares to have no further administrative, legal, fiscal, research, or historical value.