South Dakota § 7-9-11 - Numbering and alphabetical index of instruments relating to personal property.
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§ 7-9-11. Numbering and alphabetical index of instruments relating to personal property.
The register of deeds with whom any chattel mortgage, bill of sale, conditional sales contract, lien upon personal property, or other instrument affecting personal property, or authenticated copy of any thereof, is filed, must endorse a number upon the same in consecutive order, together with the time of receiving the same and must enter the name of every party thereto in a book kept for that purpose, alphabetically, placing mortgagors and mortgagees, vendors and vendees, obligors and obligees, under a separate head and stating in separate columns opposite each name, the number endorsed upon the instrument, its date, the date of filing, the nature of the instrument, and in case of a lien, the amount secured or claimed thereby.
Source: CivC 1877, § 1751; CL 1887, § 4386; RCivC 1903, § 2096; RC 1919, § 1581; SDC 1939, § 12.0705; SL 1941, ch 26.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-9-11 ("Numbering and alphabetical index of instruments relating to personal property.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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