Section 18-2-4 - Administration of oaths by commissioner--Depositions--Validity.

18-2-4. Administration of oaths by commissioner--Depositions--Validity. Every commissioner appointed as mentioned in § 18-2-1 shall have power to administer any oath which may be lawfully required in this state to any person willing to take the same, and to take and duly certify all depositions to be used in any of the courts of this state in conformity to the laws thereof, either on interrogatories proposed under a commission from any court in this state or by consent of the parties, or on legal notice given to the opposite party; and all such acts shall be as valid as if done and certified to according to law by a proper officer in this state.

Source: SL 1862, ch 10, § 3; PolC 1877, ch 16, § 4; CL 1887, § 492; RPolC 1903, § 731; RC 1919, § 5232; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1401.