Section · Administrative Rules of South Dakota · View on sdlegislature.gov ↗
The application for a notary public and an e-notary must contain: (1) A statement indicating the application fee of thirty dollars; (2) Spaces where the applicant may provide the applicant's: (a) Name; (b) Street address; (c) City; (d) State; (e) Zip code; (f) County of residence; and (g) Date of birth; (3) A statement indicating that the applicant must apply in the same name as that which appears on the seal imprint; (4) Whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony; (5) The oath, as required by SDCL 3-1-5; (6) Whether the applicant resides in an out-of-state county bordering South Dakota; (7) If the applicant resides in a county described in subdivision (6), the applicant's place of work or business in South Dakota; (8) Whether the applicant intends to provide e-notary services; (9) If the applicant intends to provide e-notary services, an image of the applicant's electronic seal and the name of each vendor providing the applicant's method of tamper-evident notarization; (10) An imprint of the applicant's official seal that shows: (a) The applicant's name; (b) The words, "South Dakota"; and (c) The words, "notary public"; (11) A statement indicating that the applicant's official seal must have a border surrounding the imprint; and (12) A statement indicating that a rubber stamp seal and an electronic seal must have the word "seal" within the border.
Source: 24 SDR 11, effective August 6, 1997; 28 SDR 54, effective October 22, 2001; 30 SDR 189, effective June 9, 2004; 35 SDR 165, effective December 22, 2008; 42 SDR 177, effective June 30, 2016; 44 SDR 106, effective December 6, 2017; 45 SDR 44, effective October 8, 2018; 51 SDR 17, effective August 18, 2024; 52 SDR 32, effective September 29, 2025.