SDCL § 43-28-8: Instruments which must be acknowledged or proved before record--Certification.

Before an instrument can be recorded, unless it belongs to one of the classes specified in § 43-28-2 or unless its record has been authorized by the judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction, its execution must be acknowledged by the person executing it, or if executed by a corporation, by its authorized officer or it must be proved as provided by § 18-4-18 or as provided by §§ 18-4-19 and 18-4-20 and such acknowledgment or proof must be certified as required in chapter 18-4.