47-28-16. Director or officer failing to answer interrogatories or signing false report--Civil fine.
Each director and officer of a corporation, domestic or foreign, who fails or refuses within the time prescribed by this chapter to answer truthfully and fully interrogatories propounded to him by the secretary of state in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or who signs any article, statement, report, application, or other document filed with the secretary of state which is known to such officer or director to be false in any material respect, is subject to a civil fine in any amount not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Source: SL 1965, ch 24, §88; SL 1983, ch 15, §46; SL 1983, ch 331, §6.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 28 - Nonprofit Corporations--Supervision By Secretary Of State
Section 47-28-1 - General powers of secretary of state.
Section 47-28-3 - Appeal to circuit court--Venue--Petition and supporting documents--Trial de novo.
Section 47-28-5 - Appeal from order of circuit court--Procedure.
Section 47-28-6 - Filing fees.
Section 47-28-7 - Fee for service of process.
Section 47-28-8 - Fee for certified copy.
Section 47-28-9 - Prima facie effect of certificates of secretary of state--Admissibility.
Section 47-28-11 - Interrogatories by secretary of state to determine compliance with statutes.
Section 47-28-15 - Failure to answer interrogatories--Civil fine.
Section 47-28-17 - Forms prescribed by secretary of state--Use not mandatory.
Section 47-28-18 - Filing by electronic transmission.
Section 47-28-19 - Delayed effective time and date of filings.