South Dakota § 7-3-14 - Indexing and marginal notation by original county of records transferred to new county--Indexing and preservation in new county.
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§ 7-3-14. Indexing and marginal notation by original county of records transferred to new county--Indexing and preservation in new county.
In all cases where any files delivered under the provisions of this chapter are indexed in the office of the original county, it shall be the duty of the custodian of such files, before delivering the same, to note in the margin or other proper place in such index that such files were delivered to the officers of the new county, naming it. All files received by any officer of a new county as herein provided shall be indexed and preserved by the proper officer of such county the same as new, original files or records.
Source: SL 1917, ch 174, § 1; RC 1919, § 5773; SDC 1939, § 12.0408.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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