South Dakota · SDCL 18-1-11.1–18-1-11.6South Dakota remote online notarization: paper documents over video, electronic records and recording a paper copy

South Dakota has two remote routes, and in both the notarial officer must be located in South Dakota. For a tangible (paper) document signed by someone observed over video communication technology, the officer must have personal knowledge of the person's identity through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty, sign the original paper document, state the signer's remote location in the certificate, state that the signer appeared by video, and be able to confirm it's the same document (SDCL 18-1-11.1). For an electronic record, the officer must establish identity by two different methods of identity proofing, sign the electronic record, state the remote location and the use of video communication technology and a tamper-evident electronic notarization system in the certificate, and create an audio-visual copy of the act (18-1-11.2). The audio-visual copy is kept ten years, or by a designated repository (18-1-11.3). For recording, a register of deeds must accept a paper copy of an electronic record containing a notarial certificate as satisfying the original-signature requirement if the notarial officer certifies it's an accurate copy, using the statutory certificate of authentication (18-1-11.5, 18-1-11.6).