Recording a Deed or Document in Sanborn, SD

Can you e-record in Sanborn?

Yes. Sanborn accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.

How to record a document in Sanborn, South Dakota

1. Prepare the document so it meets Sanborn formatting rules (legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank margin the recorder reserves for its stamp).
2. Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment — most deeds and affidavits do.
3. Submit electronically through Simplifile, or by mail to Sanborn County Register of Deeds at Sanborn County Register of Deeds, PO Box 295, Woonsocket, SD 57385 (physical: 604 West 6th St, Woonsocket, SD 57385).
4. Pay the recording fee ($30 for first 50 pages (deeds, mortgages, assignments, satisfactions, easements, contracts, covenants, resolutions, surveys, lis pendens, leases) first / $2.00 per page after 50 pages; transfer fee $0.50 per $500 of value on deeds with consideration add'l (+Certified copies $5 first page/$1 each add'l page; uncertified copies $1/page (statewide SDCL fee schedule))).
5. Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.

How Jurably helps in Sanborn

Jurably isn’t a deed-filing desk — it’s how real-estate investors get the important paperwork done. If you’re under contract on a Sanborn property, we file a memorandum of contract to secure your equitable interest so the seller can’t sell out from under you. Need it notarized first? We handle online notarization or send a mobile notary to your signer. Then we record it — electronically through the county’s approved network — and return the recorded instrument. It’s a self-help filing service, not legal advice.