Section 18-1-11 - Notarizing without appearance by parties as misdemeanor.
18-1-11. Notarizing without appearance by parties as misdemeanor. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any notary public to affix his official signature to documents when the parties have not appeared before him.
Source: SL 1887, ch 116, § 1; CL 1887, § 508; RPolC 1903, § 747; RC 1919, § 5248; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1313; SL 1979, ch 153, § 5.