47-27-1. Certificate of authority to do business--Application--Contents of application--Forms--Execution.
Any foreign corporation, in order to procure a certificate of authority to engage in business in this state, shall make application to the secretary of state, which application shall set forth:
(1)The name of the corporation and the state or country under the laws of which it is incorporated;
(2)The date of incorporation and the period of duration of the corporation;
(3)The street address of the principal office of the corporation in the state or country under whose laws it is incorporated;
(4)The information required by §59-11-6;
(5)The purpose or purposes of the corporation in engaging in business in this state;
(6)The names and respective addresses of the directors and officers of the corporation; and
(7)Such additional information as may be necessary in order to enable the secretary of state to determine whether such corporation is entitled to a certificate of authority to engage in business in this state.
An original and one exact or conforming copy of the application shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the secretary of state and shall be executed and acknowledged by the chair of the board of directors, by the corporation's president, or by another of the corporation's officers.
Source: SL 1965, ch 24, §69; SL 1989, ch 393, §34; SL 1990, ch 367, §16; SL 2004, ch 280, §6; SL 2008, ch 275, §68.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 27 - Foreign Nonprofit Corporations
Section 47-27-2 - Delivery of application to secretary of state.
Section 47-27-3 - Approval by secretary of state--Endorsement and filing.
Section 47-27-4 - Issuance of certificate of authority--Authority conferred by certificate.
Section 47-27-7 - Corporate name as affecting right to certificate--Purpose indicated by name.
Section 47-27-8 - Name similar to or same as other corporation.
Section 47-27-9 - Change of name to prohibited name--Suspension of certificate of authority.
Section 47-27-10 - Certificate as not authorizing acts prohibited locally.
Section 47-27-11 - Certificate as requisite for doing business.
Section 47-27-12 - Failure to obtain certificate as barring suit within state.
Section 47-27-13 - Failure to obtain certificate as not barring defense to action within state.
Section 47-27-18 - Annual reports by foreign corporations.
Section 47-27-29 - Contract or tort within state as consent to serve secretary of state.
Section 47-27-34 - Cessation of authority to conduct local business.
Section 47-27-35 - Revocation of certificate of authority--Grounds for revocation.
Section 47-27-37 - Issuance and filing of certificate of revocation--Notice to corporation.
Section 47-27-38 - Cessation of authority to do business locally.