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Form a Business

Registered agent required.

SDCL § 47-20-16
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47-20-16. Registered agent required. Each corporation shall have and continuously maintain in this state a registered agent, which agent may be either an individual resident in this state whose business office is identical with such registered office, or a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to do or engage in any business in this state, or a domestic limited liability company, or a domestic limited liability partnership, having a business office identical with such registered office. SL 1977, ch 381, § 3; SL 2006, ch 228, § 4.
Source: South Dakota Legislature (sdlegislature.gov)URL: https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/47-20-16Fetched: 10/20/2026

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