Upon the filing in the Office of the Secretary of State of the certificate of conversion to business trust and the certificate of trust or upon the future effective date or time of the certificate of conversion to business trust and the certificate of trust, the other business entity shall be converted into a business trust and the business trust shall thereafter be subject to all of the provisions of this chapter, except that notwithstanding § 47-14A-43, the existence of the business trust shall be deemed to have commenced on the date the other business entity commenced its existence in the jurisdiction in which the other business entity was first formed or organized or otherwise came into being.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 47-14A-86

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Source: SL 2001, ch 245, § 86.