S.D. Codified Laws § 47-1A-122
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Fees for filing and service--Recovery as costs
Official statutory text
The secretary of state shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this section are delivered for filing:
(1) Articles of incorporation, one hundred fifty dollars;
(2) Application for use of indistinguishable name, twenty-five dollars;
(3) Application for reserved name, twenty-five dollars;
(4) Notice of transfer of reserved name, fifteen dollars;
(5) Application for registered name, twenty-five dollars;
(6) Application for renewal of registered name filed between October first and December thirty-first each year to extend the registration for the following year, fifteen dollars;
(7) Articles of domestication, one hundred fifty dollars;
(8) Articles of charter surrender, one hundred fifty dollars;
(9) Articles of domestication and conversion, one hundred fifty dollars;
(10) Articles of entity conversion, one hundred fifty dollars;
(11) Amendment of articles of incorporation, sixty dollars;
(12) Restatement of articles of incorporation, sixty dollars;
(13) Articles of merger or share exchange, sixty dollars;
(14) Articles of dissolution, ten dollars;
(15) Articles of revocation of dissolution, ten dollars;
(16) Certificate of administrative dissolution, no charge;
(17) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, three hundred dollars, plus any delinquent annual report filing fees and associated penalty fees for the period before the reinstatement application;
(18) Certificate of reinstatement, no charge;
(19) Certificate of judicial dissolution, no charge;
(20) Application for certificate of authority, seven hundred fifty dollars;
(21) Application for amended certificate of authority, two hundred fifty dollars;
(22) Application for certificate of withdrawal, ten dollars;
(23) Application for transfer of authority, twenty-five dollars;
(24) Certificate of revocation of authority to transact business, no charge;
(25) Annual report, fifty-five dollars;
(26) Fee imposed on any entity that does not file or refuses to file an annual report within the time prescribed, fifty-five dollars in addition to the annual report filing fee;
(27) Articles of correction, twenty-five dollars;
(28) Application for certificate of existence or authorization, twenty dollars;
(29) Amended annual report, thirty dollars; and
(30) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this chapter, twenty dollars.
The secretary of state shall collect a fee of thirty dollars each time process is served on the secretary under this chapter. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.
Source: SL 2005, ch 239, § 7; SL 2008, ch 275, § 27; SL 2009, ch 4, § 12; SL 2015, ch 258, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016; SL 2016, ch 2, § 5; SL 2025, ch 189, § 1.
(1) Articles of incorporation, one hundred fifty dollars;
(2) Application for use of indistinguishable name, twenty-five dollars;
(3) Application for reserved name, twenty-five dollars;
(4) Notice of transfer of reserved name, fifteen dollars;
(5) Application for registered name, twenty-five dollars;
(6) Application for renewal of registered name filed between October first and December thirty-first each year to extend the registration for the following year, fifteen dollars;
(7) Articles of domestication, one hundred fifty dollars;
(8) Articles of charter surrender, one hundred fifty dollars;
(9) Articles of domestication and conversion, one hundred fifty dollars;
(10) Articles of entity conversion, one hundred fifty dollars;
(11) Amendment of articles of incorporation, sixty dollars;
(12) Restatement of articles of incorporation, sixty dollars;
(13) Articles of merger or share exchange, sixty dollars;
(14) Articles of dissolution, ten dollars;
(15) Articles of revocation of dissolution, ten dollars;
(16) Certificate of administrative dissolution, no charge;
(17) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, three hundred dollars, plus any delinquent annual report filing fees and associated penalty fees for the period before the reinstatement application;
(18) Certificate of reinstatement, no charge;
(19) Certificate of judicial dissolution, no charge;
(20) Application for certificate of authority, seven hundred fifty dollars;
(21) Application for amended certificate of authority, two hundred fifty dollars;
(22) Application for certificate of withdrawal, ten dollars;
(23) Application for transfer of authority, twenty-five dollars;
(24) Certificate of revocation of authority to transact business, no charge;
(25) Annual report, fifty-five dollars;
(26) Fee imposed on any entity that does not file or refuses to file an annual report within the time prescribed, fifty-five dollars in addition to the annual report filing fee;
(27) Articles of correction, twenty-five dollars;
(28) Application for certificate of existence or authorization, twenty dollars;
(29) Amended annual report, thirty dollars; and
(30) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this chapter, twenty dollars.
The secretary of state shall collect a fee of thirty dollars each time process is served on the secretary under this chapter. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.
Source: SL 2005, ch 239, § 7; SL 2008, ch 275, § 27; SL 2009, ch 4, § 12; SL 2015, ch 258, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2016; SL 2016, ch 2, § 5; SL 2025, ch 189, § 1.
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