<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 47-25-11 - Endorsement and approval by secretary of state--Issuance of certificate of merger or consolidation. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2069362Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2069362SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2069362CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2069362Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2069362DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2069362Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2069362Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2069362000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2069362SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2069362SCL-000004 { 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="s2069362Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=47-25-11"><span class="s2069362SENU">47-25-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2069362SENU">. </span><span class="s2069362CL">Endorsement and approval by secretary of state--Issuance of certificate of merger or consolidation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2069362Normal-000000"><span class="s2069362DefaultParagraphFont">If the secretary of state finds that articles of merger or articles of consolidation delivered to him conform to law, when all fees have been paid, he shall:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2069362Normal-000001"><span class="s2069362DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Endorse the word "filed" on the original and the copy and the month, day, and year of filing;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2069362Normal-000001"><span class="s2069362DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    File the original in his office; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2069362Normal-000001"><span class="s2069362DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Issue a certificate of merger or a certificate of consolidation to which he shall affix the copy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2069362Normal-000002"><span class="s2069362DefaultParagraphFont">The certificate of merger or certificate of consolidation, together with the copy of the articles of merger or articles of consolidation affixed thereto, shall be returned to the surviving or new corporation, as the case may be, or its representative.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2069362Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2069362000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2069362Normal"><span class="s2069362SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2069362SCL-000004"> SL 1965, ch 24, § 43; SL 1989, ch 393, § 28.</span></p></div></body></html>