<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 47-13A-10 - Practice of law by corporations prohibited--Professional service corporations not deemed to be lay agencies. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2068769Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2068769SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2068769CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2068769Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2068769DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2068769000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2068769SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2068769SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2068769Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=47-13A-10"><span class="s2068769SENU">47-13A-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2068769SENU">. </span><span class="s2068769CL">Practice of law by corporations prohibited--Professional service corporations not deemed to be lay agencies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2068769Normal-000000"><span class="s2068769DefaultParagraphFont">Except as provided in this chapter, corporations may not engage in the practice of law. Professional service corporations organized and operated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter may not be deemed lay agencies within the meaning of the Rules of Professional Conduct.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2068769Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2068769000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2068769Normal"><span class="s2068769SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2068769SCL-000002"> SL 1968, ch 10, § 4; SL 1989, ch 30, §§ 52, 76A.</span></p></div></body></html>