South Dakota recording fees & transfer taxes
Itemized deed and mortgage estimates.
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How South Dakota charges are calculated
The estimate combines transfer fees based on consideration with standard deed, mortgage and release recording charges.
Rates checked Oct 17, 2026. Check the official sources for changes since this date.
Covered transactions and locations
Standard instruments for an ordinary taxable sale in one jurisdiction. No exemptions, gifts, family transfers, assumed liens, refinances, amendments, prior-tax credits, multiple jurisdictions or nonstandard documents. Ordinary taxable transfers and standard instruments; no special easements, mineral documents or plats.
66 reviewed recording locations in this snapshot; availability also depends on the document and recording date.
Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Butte, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Codington, Corson, Custer, Davison, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas, Edmunds, Fall River, Faulk, Grant, Gregory, Haakon, Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Harding, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyde, Jackson, Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lake, Lawrence, Lincoln, Lyman, McCook, McPherson, Marshall, Meade, Mellette, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Perkins, Potter, Roberts, Sanborn, Spink, Stanley, Sully, Todd, Tripp, Turner, Union, Walworth, Yankton, Ziebach
Official sources
- https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/7-9-15 — checked 2026-10-17
- https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/43-4-21.html — checked 2026-10-17
- https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/43-4-22.html — checked 2026-10-17
- https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_counties_national.zip — checked 2026-10-17