Upon receipt of the articles of incorporation and payment of the required fees the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of incorporation. The certificate of incorporation shall be conclusive evidence, except as against the state in a proceeding to cancel or revoke such certificate, that all conditions precedent to corporate existence have been met.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 47-15-7

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.

Source: SDC 1939, § 11.1108 as enacted by SL 1965, ch 23, § 1.