SDCL § 29A-6-408: Requirements.

A transfer on death deed must:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (2), contain the essential elements and formalities of a properly recordable inter vivos deed as required by the standards of title;

(2) State that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death; and

(3) Be recorded before the transferor's death in the public records in the office of the register of deeds in the county where the property is located.

Source: SL 2014, ch 133, § 8.