South Dakota Codified Laws 51A-5-8. Reciprocal privileges extended to foreign bank or trust company acting as fiduciary
A bank or trust company organized and doing trust business under the laws of any state or territory of the United States of America, including the District of Columbia, other than South Dakota, and a national bank, duly authorized so to act, may be appointed and may serve in this state as trustee, whether of a corporation or personal trust, personal representative, guardian, conservator, or committee for an incompetent person, or in any other fiduciary capacity, whether the appointment is by will, deed, court order, or decree, or otherwise, when and to the extent that the state, territory, or district in which the bank or trust company is organized or has its principal place of business grants authority to serve in like fiduciary capacities to a bank or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of this state.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 51A-5-8
- 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.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Source: SL 1973, ch 292, § 1; SL 1988, ch 377, § 114; SDCL § 51-19-5.2; SL 1995, ch 268, § 68; SL 1997, ch 272, § 6.