The circuit court shall have jurisdiction to enjoin any foreign business trust, or any agent thereof, from doing any business in the state if such foreign business trust has failed to register under this section or if such foreign business trust has secured a certificate of the secretary of state on the basis of false or misleading representations. The attorney general shall, upon the attorney general’s own motion or upon the relation of proper parties, proceed for this purpose by complaint in any county in which such foreign business trust is doing or has done business.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 47-14B-15

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • 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, § 111.

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