Unless otherwise agreed, or as required under applicable nonSouth Dakota law, the converting other business entity is not required to wind up its affairs or pay its liabilities and distribute its assets, and the conversion may not be deemed to constitute a dissolution of such other business entity and shall constitute a continuation of the existence of the converting other business entity in the form of a business trust. When the other business entity has been converted to a business trust pursuant to this chapter, the business trust shall, for all purposes of the laws of the State of South Dakota, be deemed to be the same entity as the converting other business entity.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 47-14A-89

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

Source: SL 2001, ch 245, § 89.