44-2-5. Lien statement covering personal property--Filing in office of register of deeds, effect--Indexing of filed statements--Filing fees.The sworn statement of such claim of lien together with post office receipt for mailing as required in §44-2-4 may be filed in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the property is located at the time of such filing and the register of deeds shall file and index it in the personal property index under the names of the property owner and the lien claimant, both alphabetically arranged, and thereafter it shall have the same effect and term of notice as a chattel mortgage duly filed.The fees of registers of deeds in such cases shall be same as fees pertaining to chattel mortgages. Source: SDC 1939, §39.0124.
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