2012 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 54 DEBTOR AND CREDITOR
Chapter 04. Money Lending Licenses
§54-4-40 Application for license--Forms--Fee--Information required--Exemption from fee and bonding requirements.

54-4-40. Application for license--Forms--Fee--Information required--Exemption from fee and bonding requirements. Any person who engages in the business of lending money shall apply for a license as prescribed by this chapter. The applicant shall apply for a license under oath on forms supplied by the division. The application shall contain the name of the applicant's business, proof of surety bond, address of the business, the names and addresses of the partners, members, officers, directors, or trustees, and other information the director may consider necessary. The applicant shall pay an original license fee as set by rules of the commission promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26 not to exceed one thousand dollars. If the application of an existing licensee is for an additional location, the application need only include the location and identity of the location manager, plus any changes from the existing license, or such other information the director may consider necessary. The State of South Dakota, any political subdivision of the state, and any quasi-governmental organization created by an executive order of the State of South Dakota and any subsidiary of such organization; any nonprofit corporation formed pursuant to chapter 47-22; any nonprofit United States Treasury Community Development Financial Institution, Small Business Administration Certified Development Company, or Regional Revolving Loan Fund; or any commercial club, chamber of commerce, or industrial development corporation formed pursuant to § 9-12-11 or 9-27-37 is subject to this chapter but exempt from initial license fees, renewal fees, and surety bond requirements under this chapter.

Source: SL 1998, ch 280, § 5; SL 2004, ch 293, § 1; SL 2005, ch 257, § 1; SL 2005, ch 258, § 1; SL 2006, ch 245, § 4.