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;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 47-20-17

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

(2) The street address, or a statement that there is no street address, of its current registered office;

(3) If the address of its current registered office is to be changed, the street address, or a statement that there is no street address, of its new registered office;

(4) The name of its current registered agent;

(5) If its current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent and the new agent’s written consent to the appointment. Such consent may be given by electronic signature pursuant to chapter 53-12 ;

(6) That the address of its registered office and the address of the business office of its registered agent, as changed, will be identical; and

(7) That such change was authorized by resolution duly adopted by the board of directors.

Source: SL 1977, ch 381, § 4; SL 1989, ch 390, § 16; SL 2004, ch 280, § 8.

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