{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-18-1-11.1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 18-1-11.1","heading":"Notarial act--Video communication technology--Requirements.","body":"A notarial officer in this state, while located in this state, may perform a notarial act executed on a tangible document by a person not in the physical presence of the notarial officer, but observed by the notarial officer through means of video communication technology, if the notarial officer:\n(1) Has personal knowledge of the identity of a person through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the person has the identity being claimed;\n(2) Affixes the notarial officer's signature to the original tangible document executed by the person;\n(3) Indicates in the notarial certificate the remote location of the person executing the document;\n(4) Indicates in the notarial certificate that the notarial act involved a statement made or a signature executed by a person not in the physical presence of the notarial officer, but appearing by means of video communication technology; and\n(5) Is able reasonably to confirm that the document before the notarial officer is the same document in which the person made the statement or on which the person executed a signature.","path":["TITLE 18. OATHS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS","CHAPTER 18-1. NOTARIES PUBLIC"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/18-1-11.1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"78d3f2f91fc8e9f16f2e6b8d8bf148019e52a68ef444ca377d96fe49ef6aa921","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-18-1-11","next":"us-sd/sdcl-18-1-11.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}