South Dakota § 7-9-8 - Numerical indexes of instruments affecting real property--Form.
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§ 7-9-8. Numerical indexes of instruments affecting real property--Form.
The register of deeds shall keep one numerical index of the deeds, contracts, and other instruments, not liens merely, and another such index of the mortgages and other liens, of record in his office affecting or relating to the title to real property, which indexes shall be substantially or as near as may be in the following form:
Form of Numerical Index to Municipal Property.
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BLOCK NO. I, IN . . . . . . . . . . .
No. Of Lot
Vol.
Page
Vol.
Page
Vol.
Page
Vol.
Page
Vol.
Page
Form of Section System of Numerical Index to Real Estate.
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TOWNSHIP NO.. . . . . . . . . . RANGE NO.. . . . . . . . . . SECTION NO.. . . . . . . . . .
No. Of Sections
Quarter Sec.
Part Qr. Sec.
Vol.
Page
Vol.
Page
Vol.
Page
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ne quarter
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Source: SL 1874-5, ch 70; PolC 1877, ch 21, §§ 58, 59; SL 1887, ch 134; CL 1887, §§ 626, 627; RPolC 1903, §§ 868, 869; RC 1919, §§ 5912, 5913; SDC 1939, § 12.0703.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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