2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 47 - Corporations
Chapter 01A - South Dakota Business Corporation Act
§ 47-1A-142 Number of shareholders

47-1A-142. Number of shareholders. For purposes of this chapter, the following identified as a shareholder in a corporation's current record of shareholders constitutes one shareholder:

(1) Three or fewer co-owners;

(2) A corporation, partnership, trust, estate, or other entity;

(3) The trustees, guardians, custodians, or other fiduciaries of a single trust, estate, or account.

For purposes of this chapter, shareholdings registered in substantially similar names constitute one shareholder if it is reasonable to believe that the names represent the same person.

Source: SL 2005, ch 239, ยง 26.

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