Title 47 — CORPORATIONS

A cooperative shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, and shall also keep minutes of the proceedings of meetings of its members, board, and executive committee. The cooperative shall keep at its principal office records of the names and addresses of all memb…

When any document is to be filed and recorded under chapters 47-15 to 47-20 , inclusive, an original and one exact or conforming copy of the document shall be delivered to the secretary of state. He shall stamp on both the original and the copy the date of filing and return the c…

Any document referred to in chapters 47-15 to 47-20 , inclusive, is recorded when left for record in the proper office with all required fees paid. Source: SDC 1939, § 11.1151 (2) as enacted by SL 1965, ch 23 , § 1. 47-20-12. Repealed by SL 1983, ch 15 , § 44

47-20-12.1 Filing false document as felony. 47-20-13 Fees collectible by secretary of state. 47-20-14 Fees collectible from foreign corporations. 47-20-15 Registered office required. 47-20-16 Registered agent required. 47-20-17 Change of registered office or registered agent--Pro…

A person who files, or causes to be filed, a document required to be filed by this chapter, which he knows to be materially false in any respect, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Source: SL 1983, ch 15 , § 43.

The secretary of state shall charge and collect the fees provided by §§ 47-1A-122 and 47-1A-122.1 for filing the instruments and issuing the certificates relating to domestic corporations therein provided. The fees applicable to amended articles of incorporation shall apply to re…

The secretary of state shall charge and collect the fees provided by §§ 47-1A-122 and 47-1A-122.1 for filing instruments and issuing certificates relating to foreign corporations. Source: SDC 1939, § 11.1152 as enacted by SL 1965, ch 23 , § 1; SL 1966, ch 16 , § 4; SL 1967, ch 12…

Each corporation shall have and continuously maintain in this state a registered office which may be, but need not be, the same as its place of business. Source: SL 1977, ch 381 , § 2.

Each corporation shall have and continuously maintain in this state a registered agent, which agent may be either an individual resident in this state whose business office is identical with such registered office, or a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to…

A corporation may change its registered office or change its registered agent, or both, upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State a statement setting forth: (1) The name of the corporation; (2) The street address, or a statement that there is no street address, of its c…

At any reasonable time, any member or stockholder of a cooperative, or his agent or attorney, upon written notice stating the purposes thereof, delivered or sent to the cooperative at least one week in advance, may examine for a proper purpose any books or records pertinent to th…

In any proceedings, or upon petition for such purpose any court of record may, upon notice and after hearing at which proper cause is shown, and upon suitable terms, order any of the cooperative's books or records, and any other pertinent documents in its possession, or duly auth…

Within nine months after the close of its fiscal year, each cooperative organized under chapters 47-15 to 47-20 , inclusive, shall mail or electronically transmit to each of its stockholders or members, at the stockholder's or member's last known address, a financial report signe…

A cooperative must deliver the annual report required by § 47-20-4 to the secretary of state pursuant to §§ 59-11-24 to 59-11-28 , inclusive. A fee of fifty-five dollars must be paid to the secretary of state for filing the report. If the report does not conform to requirements, …