S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1104 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1104
Activities not constituting transacting business
Status: in_force

(a) Activities of a foreign limited liability partnership which do not constitute transacting business for the purpose of this article include:

(1) Maintaining, defending, or settling an action or proceeding;

(2) Holding meetings of its partners or carrying on any other activity concerning its internal affairs;

(3) Maintaining bank accounts;

(4) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of the partnership's own securities or maintaining trustees or depositories with respect to those securities;

(5) Selling through independent contractors;

(6) Soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts;

(7) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, with or without a mortgage, or other security interest in property;

(8) Collecting debts or foreclosing mortgages or other security interests in property securing the debts, and holding, protecting, and maintaining property so acquired;

(9) Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within thirty days and is not one in the course of similar transactions; and

(10) Transacting business in interstate commerce.

(b) For purposes of this article, the ownership in this state of income - producing real property or tangible personal property, other than property excluded under subsection (a), constitutes transacting business in this state.

(c) This section does not apply in determining the contacts or activities that may subject a foreign limited liability partnership to service of process, taxation, or regulation under any other law of this state.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1104.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-604 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-604
Distribution upon withdrawal
Status: in_force

Except as provided in §§ 48-7-601 to 48-7-608 , inclusive, upon withdrawal any withdrawing partner is entitled to receive any distribution to which he is entitled under the partnership agreement and, if not otherwise provided in the agreement, he is entitled to receive, within a reasonable time after withdrawal, the fair value of his interest in the limited partnership as of the date of withdrawal based upon his right to share in distributions from the limited partnership.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 604.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-601 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-601
Events causing partner's dissociation
Status: in_force

A partner is dissociated from a partnership upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) The partnership's having notice of the partner's express will to withdraw as a partner or on a later date specified by the partner;

(2) An event agreed to in the partnership agreement as causing the partner's dissociation;

(3) The partner's expulsion pursuant to the partnership agreement;

(4) The partner's expulsion by the unanimous vote of the other partners if:

(i) It is unlawful to carry on the partnership business with that partner;

(ii) There has been a transfer of all or substantially all of that partner's transferable interest in the partnership, other than a transfer for security purposes, or a court order charging the partner's interest, which has not been foreclosed;

(iii) Within ninety days after the partnership notifies a corporate partner that it will be expelled because it has filed a certificate of dissolution or the equivalent, its charter has been revoked, or its right to conduct business has been suspended by the jurisdiction of its incorporation, there is no revocation of the certificate of dissolution or no reinstatement of its charter or its right to conduct business; or

(iv) A partnership that is a partner has been dissolved and its business is being wound up;

(5) On application by the partnership or another partner, the partner's expulsion by judicial determination because:

(i) The partner engaged in wrongful conduct that adversely and materially affected the partnership business;

(ii) The partner willfully or persistently committed a material breach of the partnership agreement or of a duty owed to the partnership or the other partners under § 48 - 7A - 404; or

(iii) The partner engaged in conduct relating to the partnership business which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in partnership with the partner;

(6) The partner's:

(i) Becoming a debtor in bankruptcy;

(ii) Executing an assignment for the benefit of creditors;

(iii) Seeking, consenting to, or acquiescing in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of that partner or of all or substantially all of that partner's property; or

(iv) Failing, within ninety days after the appointment, to have vacated or stayed the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the partner or of all or substantially all of the partner's property obtained without the partner's consent or acquiescence, or failing within ninety days after the expiration of a stay to have the appointment vacated;

(7) In the case of a partner who is an individual:

(i) The partner's death;

(ii) The appointment of a guardian or general conservator for the partner; or

(iii) A judicial determination that the partner has otherwise become incapable of performing the partner's duties under the partnership agreement;

(8) In the case of a partner that is a trust or is acting as a partner by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, distribution of the trust's entire transferable interest in the partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor trustee;

(9) In the case of a partner that is an estate or is acting as a partner by virtue of being a personal representative of an estate, distribution of the estate's entire transferable interest in the partnership, but not merely by reason of the substitution of a successor personal representative; or

(10) Termination of a partner who is not an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, or estate.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 601.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-1003 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-1003
Pleading
Status: in_force

In a derivative action, the complaint shall set forth with particularity the effort of the plaintiff to secure initiation of the action by a general partner or the reasons for not making the effort.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 1003.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-907 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-907
Transacting of business without registration
Status: in_force

A foreign limited partnership transacting business in this state may not maintain any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state until it has registered in this state.

The failure of a foreign limited partnership to register in this state does not impair the validity of any contract or act of the foreign limited partnership or prevent the foreign limited partnership from defending any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state.

A limited partner of a foreign limited partnership is not liable as a general partner of the foreign limited partnership solely by reason of having transacted business in this state without registration.

A foreign limited partnership, by transacting business in this state without registration, appoints the secretary of state as its agent for service of process with respect to claims for relief or causes of action arising out of the transaction of business in this state.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 907.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-904 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-904
Effect of conversion; entity unchanged
Status: in_force

(a) A partnership or limited partnership that has been converted pursuant to this article is for all purposes the same entity that existed before the conversion.

(b) When a conversion takes effect:

(1) All property owned by the converting partnership or limited partnership remains vested in the converted entity;

(2) All obligations of the converting partnership or limited partnership continue as obligations of the converted entity; and

(3) An action or proceeding pending against the converting partnership or limited partnership may be continued as if the conversion had not occurred.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 904.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-703 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-703
Dissociated partner's liability to other persons
Status: in_force

(a) A partner's dissociation does not of itself discharge the partner's liability for a partnership obligation incurred before dissociation. A dissociated partner is not liable for a partnership obligation incurred after dissociation, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b).

(b) A partner who dissociates without resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business is liable as a partner to the other party in a transaction entered into by the partnership, or a surviving partnership under Article 9, within two years after the partner's dissociation, only if the partner is liable for the obligation under § 48 - 7A - 306 and at the time of entering into the transaction the other party:

(1) Reasonably believed that the dissociated partner was then a partner;

(2) Did not have notice of the partners dissociation; and

(3) Is not deemed to have had knowledge under subsection 48 - 7A - 303(e) or notice under subsection 48 - 7A - 704(c).

(c) By agreement with the partnership creditor and the partners continuing the business, a dissociated partner may be released from liability for a partnership obligation.

(d) A dissociated partner is released from liability for a partnership obligation if a partnership creditor, with notice of the partner's dissociation but without the partner's consent, agrees to a material alteration in the nature or time of payment of a partnership obligation.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 703.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-906 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-906
Effect of merger
Status: in_force

(a) When a merger takes effect:

(1) The separate existence of every partnership or limited partnership that is a party to the merger, other than the surviving entity, ceases;

(2) All property owned by each of the merged partnerships or limited partnerships vests in the surviving entity;

(3) All obligations of every partnership or limited partnership that is a party to the merger become the obligations of the surviving entity; and

(4) An action or proceeding pending against a partnership or limited partnership that is a party to the merger may be continued as if the merger had not occurred, or the surviving entity may be substituted as a party to the action or proceeding.

(b) The secretary of state of this state is the agent for service of process in an action or proceeding against a surviving foreign partnership or limited partnership to enforce an obligation of a domestic partnership or limited partnership that is a party to a merger. The surviving entity shall promptly notify the secretary of state of the mailing address of its chief executive office and of any change of address. Upon receipt of process, the secretary of state shall mail a copy of the process to the surviving foreign partnership or limited partnership.

(c) A partner of the surviving partnership or limited partnership is liable for:

(1) All obligations of a party to the merger for which the partner was personally liable before the merger;

(2) All other obligations of the surviving entity incurred before the merger by a party to the merger, but those obligations may be satisfied only out of property of the entity; and

(3) Except as otherwise provided in § 48 - 7A - 306, all obligations of the surviving entity incurred after the merger takes effect, but those obligations may be satisfied only out of property of the entity if the partner is a limited partner.

(d) If the obligations incurred before the merger by a party to the merger are not satisfied out of the property of the surviving partnership or limited partnership, the general partners of that party immediately before the effective date of the merger shall contribute the amount necessary to satisfy that party's obligations to the surviving entity, in the manner provided in § 48 - 7A - 807 or in the Limited Partnership Act of the jurisdiction in which the party was formed, as the case may be, as if the merged party were dissolved.

(e) A partner of a party to a merger who does not become a partner of the surviving partnership or limited partnership is dissociated from the entity, of which that partner was a partner, as of the date the merger takes effect. The surviving entity shall cause the partner's interest in the entity to be purchased under § 48 - 7A - 701 or another statute specifically applicable to that partner's interest with respect to a merger. The surviving entity is bound under § 48 - 7A - 702 by an act of a general partner dissociated under this subsection, and the partner is liable under § 48 - 7A - 703 for transactions entered into by the surviving entity after the merger takes effect.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 906.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-801 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-801
Events causing dissolution and winding up of partnership business
Status: in_force

A partnership is dissolved, and its business must be wound up, only upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

(1) In a partnership at will, the partnership's having notice from a partner, other than a partner who is dissociated under subsections 48 - 7A - 601(2) to (10), inclusive, of that partner's express will to withdraw as a partner, or on a later date specified by the partner;

(2) In a partnership for a definite term or particular undertaking:

(i) Within ninety days after a partner's dissociation by death or otherwise under subsections 48 - 7A - 601(6) to (10), inclusive, or wrongful dissociation under subsection 48 - 7A - 602(b), the express will of at least half of the remaining partners to wind up the partnership business, for which purpose a partner's rightful dissociation pursuant to subsection 48 - 7A - 602(b)(2)(i) constitutes the expression of that partner's will to wind up the partnership business;

(ii) The express will of all of the partners to wind up the partnership business; or

(iii) The expiration of the term or the completion of the undertaking;

(3) An event agreed to in the partnership agreement resulting in the winding up of the partnership business;

(4) An event that makes it unlawful for all or substantially all of the business of the partnership to be continued, but a cure of illegality within ninety days after notice to the partnership of the event is effective retroactively to the date of the event for purposes of this section;

(5) On application by a partner, a judicial determination that:

(i) The economic purpose of the partnership is likely to be unreasonably frustrated;

(ii) Another partner has engaged in conduct relating to the partnership business which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in partnership with that partner; or

(iii) It is not otherwise reasonably practicable to carry on the partnership business in conformity with the partnership agreement; or

(6) On application by a transferee of a partner's transferable interest, a judicial determination that it is equitable to wind up the partnership business:

(i) After the expiration of the term or completion of the undertaking, if the partnership was for a definite term or particular undertaking at the time of the transfer or entry of the charging order that gave rise to the transfer; or

(ii) At any time, if the partnership was a partnership at will at the time of the transfer or entry of the charging order that gave rise to the transfer.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 801.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1206 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1206
Applicability
Status: in_force

(a) Before July 1, 2001, this chapter governs only a partnership or limited liability partnership formed before July 1, 2001, that elects, as provided by subsection (c), to be governed by this chapter.

(b) On and after July 1, 2001, this chapter governs all partnerships and limited liability partnerships.

(c) Before July 1, 2001, a partnership voluntarily may elect, in the manner provided in its partnership or limited liability partnership agreement or by law for amending the partnership agreement, to be governed by this chapter. The provisions of this chapter relating to the liability of the partnership's partners or limited liability partnership's partners to third parties apply to limit those partners' liability to a third party who had done business with the partnership within one year before the partnership's election to be governed by this chapter, or under prior law, only if the third party knows or has received a notification of the partnership's election to be governed by this chapter.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1206.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1001.1 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1001.1
Amendment of statement of qualification--Contents
Status: in_force

A statement of qualification of a limited liability partnership is amended by filing a statement of amendment in the Office of the Secretary of State. The statement of amendment shall set forth:

(1) The name of the limited liability partnership;

(2) The date of filing the statement of qualification of limited liability partnership; and

(3) The amendment to the statement of qualification.

Source: SL 2003, ch 234, § 1.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-405 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-405
Actions by partnership and partners
Status: in_force

(a) A partnership may maintain an action against a partner for a breach of the partnership agreement, or for the violation of a duty to the partnership, causing harm to the partnership.

(b) A partner may maintain an action against the partnership or another partner for legal or equitable relief, with or without an accounting as to partnership business, to:

(1) Enforce the partner's rights under the partnership agreement;

(2) Enforce the partner's rights under this Act, including:

(i) The partner's rights under § 48 - 7A - 401, 48 - 7A - 403, or 48 - 7A - 404;

(ii) The partner's right on dissociation to have the partner's interest in the partnership purchased pursuant to § 48 - 7A - 701 or enforce any other right under Article 6 or 7; or

(iii) The partner's right to compel a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business under § 48 - 7A - 801 or enforce any other right under Article 8; or

(3) Enforce the rights and otherwise protect the interests of the partner, including rights and interests arising independently of the partnership relationship.

(c) The accrual of, and any time limitation on, a right of action for a remedy under this section is governed by other law. A right to an accounting upon a dissolution and winding up does not revive a claim barred by law.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 405.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-104 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-104
Specified office and agent
Status: in_force

Each limited partnership shall continuously maintain in this state:

(1) An office, which may but need not be a place of its business in this state, at which shall be kept the records required by § 48-7-105 to be maintained; and

(2) An agent for service of process on the limited partnership that meets the requirements of §§ 59-11-1 to 59-11-23 , inclusive.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 104; SL 2006, ch 228, § 6; SL 2008, ch 275, § 81.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-106 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-106
Governing law
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the law of the jurisdiction in which a partnership has its chief executive office governs relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership.

(b) The law of this state governs relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership and the liability of partners for an obligation of a limited liability partnership.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 106.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-407 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-407
Registration of foreign corporate general partner
Status: in_force

Any foreign corporation acting as the general partner in a limited partnership shall conform to the foreign corporation registration laws of this state.

Source: SL 1990, ch 370, § 13.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-705 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-705
Continued use of partnership name
Status: in_force

Continued use of a partnership name, or a dissociated partner's name as part thereof, by partners continuing the business does not of itself make the dissociated partner liable for an obligation of the partners or the partnership continuing the business.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 705.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-301 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-301
Partner agent of partnership
Status: in_force

Subject to the effect of a statement of partnership authority under § 48 - 7A - 303:

(1) Each partner is an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business. An act of a partner, including the execution of an instrument in the partnership name, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business or business of the kind carried on by the partnership binds the partnership, unless the partner had no authority to act for the partnership in the particular matter and the person with whom the partner was dealing knew or had received a notification that the partner lacked authority.

(2) An act of a partner which is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business or business of the kind carried on by the partnership binds the partnership only if the act was authorized by the other partners.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 301.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-202 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-202
Amendment to certificate
Status: in_force

(a) A certificate of limited partnership is amended by filing a certificate of amendment thereto in the Office of the Secretary of State. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the Office of the Secretary of State. If the document is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the Office of the Secretary of State may require one exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the document. The certificate shall set forth:

(1) The name of the limited partnership;

(2) The date of filing the certificate;

(3) The amendment to the certificate; and

(4) The street address, or a statement that there is no street address, of the office and the name and street address, or a statement that there is no street address, and the written consent, of the agent for service of process required to be maintained by § 48-7-104 .

(b) Within thirty days after the happening of any of the following events, an amendment to a certificate of limited partnership reflecting the occurrence of the event or events shall be filed:

(1) The admission of a new general partner;

(2) The withdrawal of a general partner; or

(3) The continuation of the business under § 48-7-801 after an event of withdrawal of a general partner.

(c) A general partner who becomes aware that any statement in a certificate of limited partnership was false when made or that any arrangements or other facts described have changed, making the certificate inaccurate in any respect, shall promptly amend the certificate.

(d) A certificate of limited partnership may be amended at any time for any other proper purpose the general partners determine.

(e) No person has any liability because an amendment to a certificate of limited partnership has not been filed to reflect the occurrence of any event referred to in subdivision (b) if the amendment is filed within the thirty-day period specified in subdivision (b).

(f) A restated certificate of limited partnership may be executed and filed in the same manner as a certificate of amendment.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, §§ 202(a)-202(f); SL 2006, ch 228, § 12; SL 2012, ch 222, § 20.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-208 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-208
Scope of notice
Status: in_force

The fact that a certificate of limited partnership is on file in the Office of the Secretary of State is notice that the partnership is a limited partnership and the persons designated therein as general partners are general partners, but it is not notice of any other fact.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 208.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-107 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-107
Business transactions of partner with partnership
Status: in_force

Except as provided in the partnership agreement, a partner may lend money to and transact other business with the limited partnership and, subject to other applicable law, has the same rights and obligations with respect thereto as a person who is not a partner.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 107.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-903 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-903
Conversion of limited partnership to partnership
Status: in_force

(a) A limited partnership may be converted to a partnership pursuant to this section.

(b) Notwithstanding a provision to the contrary in a limited partnership agreement, the terms and conditions of a conversion of a limited partnership to a partnership must be approved by all of the partners.

(c) After the conversion is approved by the partners, the limited partnership shall cancel its certificate of limited partnership.

(d) The conversion takes effect when the certificate of limited partnership is canceled.

(e) A limited partner who becomes a general partner as a result of the conversion remains liable only as a limited partner for an obligation incurred by the limited partnership before the conversion takes effect. Except as otherwise provided in § 48 - 7A - 306, the partner is liable as a general partner for an obligation of the partnership incurred after the conversion takes effect.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 903.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-503 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-503
Transfer of partner's transferable interest
Status: in_force

(a) A transfer, in whole or in part, of a partner's transferable interest in the partnership:

(1) Is permissible;

(2) Does not by itself cause the partner's dissociation or a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business; and

(3) Does not, as against the other partners or the partnership, entitle the transferee, during the continuance of the partnership, to participate in the management or conduct of the partnership business, to require access to information concerning partnership transactions, or to inspect or copy the partnership books or records.

(b) A transferee of a partner's transferable interest in the partnership has a right:

(1) To receive, in accordance with the transfer, distributions to which the transferor would otherwise be entitled;

(2) To receive upon the dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, in accordance with the transfer, the net amount otherwise distributable to the transferor; and

(3) To seek under subsection 48 - 7A - 801(6) a judicial determination that it is equitable to wind up the partnership business.

(c) In a dissolution and winding up, a transferee is entitled to an account of partnership transactions only from the date of the latest account agreed to by all of the partners.

(d) Upon transfer, the transferor retains the rights and duties of a partner other than the interest in distributions transferred.

(e) A partnership need not give effect to a transferee's rights under this section until it has notice of the transfer.

(f) A transfer of a partner's transferable interest in the partnership in violation of a restriction on transfer contained in the partnership agreement is ineffective as to a person having notice of the restriction at the time of transfer.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 503.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-603 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-603
Withdrawal of limited partner
Status: in_force

A limited partner has no right of withdrawal from a limited partnership except as otherwise specified in writing in the partnership agreement. The provisions of this bill do not apply to limited partnership agreements in existence June 30, 1996, unless such agreements specify the time or events for dissolution or winding up of the limited partnership.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 603; SL 1996, ch 270.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-701 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-701
Nature of partnership interest
Status: in_force

A partnership interest is personal property.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 701.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-804 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-804
Partner's power to bind partnership after dissolution
Status: in_force

Subject to § 48 - 7A - 805, a partnership is bound by a partner's act after dissolution that:

(1) Is appropriate for winding up the partnership business; or

(2) Would have bound the partnership under § 48 - 7A - 301 before dissolution, if the other party to the transaction did not have notice of the dissolution.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 804.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-402 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-402
Events of withdrawal
Status: in_force

Except as approved by the specific written consent of all partners at the time, a person ceases to be a general partner of a limited partnership upon the happening of any of the following events:

(1) The general partner withdraws from the limited partnership as provided in § 48-7-602 ;

(2) The general partner ceases to be a member of the limited partnership as provided in § 48-7-702 ;

(3) The general partner is removed as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement;

(4) Unless otherwise provided in writing in the partnership agreement, the general partner:

(a) Makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors;

(b) Files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy;

(c) Is adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent;

(d) Files a petition or answer seeking for himself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation;

(e) Files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against him in any proceeding of this nature; or

(f) Seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of the general partner or of all or any substantial part of his properties;

(5) Unless otherwise provided in writing in the partnership agreement, one hundred twenty days after the commencement of any proceeding against the general partner seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any statute, law, or regulation, the proceeding has not been dismissed, or if within ninety days after the appointment without his consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of the general partner or of all or any substantial part of his properties, the appointment is not vacated or stayed or within ninety days after the expiration of any such stay, the appointment is not vacated;

(6) In the case of a general partner who is a natural person:

(a) His death; or

(b) The entry of an order by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating him incompetent to manage his person or his estate;

(7) In the case of a general partner who is acting as a general partner by virtue of being a trustee of a trust, the termination of the trust, but not merely the substitution of a new trustee;

(8) In the case of a general partner that is a separate partnership, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the separate partnership;

(9) In the case of a general partner that is corporation, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter; or

(10) In the case of an estate, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate's entire interest in the partnership.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 402.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-906 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-906
Cancellation of registration
Status: in_force

A foreign limited partnership may cancel its registration by filing with the secretary of state a certificate of cancellation signed by a general partner. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the Office of the Secretary of State. If the document is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the Office of the Secretary of State may require one exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the document. Service of process is perfected on a foreign limited partnership that has filed a cancellation in the manner outlined in §§ 59-11-16 to 59-11-19 , inclusive.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 906; SL 2008, ch 275, § 84; SL 2012, ch 222, § 23.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-205 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-205
Execution by judicial act
Status: in_force

If a person required by § 48-7-204 to execute any certificate fails or refuses to do so, any other person who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal may petition the circuit court to direct the execution of the certificate. If the court finds that it is proper for the certificate to be executed and that any person so designated has failed or refused to execute the certificate, it shall order the secretary of state to record an appropriate certificate.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 205.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-905 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-905
Merger of partnerships
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to a plan of merger approved as provided in subsection (c), a partnership may be merged with one or more partnerships or limited partnerships.

(b) The plan of merger must set forth:

(1) The name of each partnership or limited partnership that is a party to the merger;

(2) The name of the surviving entity into which the other partnerships or limited partnerships will merge;

(3) Whether the surviving entity is a partnership or a limited partnership and the status of each partner;

(4) The terms and conditions of the merger;

(5) The manner and basis of converting the interests of each party to the merger into interests or obligations of the surviving entity, or into money or other property in whole or part; and

(6) The street address of the surviving entity's chief executive office.

(c) The plan of merger must be approved:

(1) In the case of a partnership that is a party to the merger, by all of the partners, or a number or percentage specified for merger in the partnership agreement; and

(2) In the case of a limited partnership that is a party to the merger, by the vote required for approval of a merger by the law of the state or foreign jurisdiction in which the limited partnership is organized and, in the absence of such a specifically applicable law, by all of the partners, notwithstanding a provision to the contrary in the partnership agreement.

(d) After a plan of merger is approved and before the merger takes effect, the plan may be amended or abandoned as provided in the plan.

(e) The merger takes effect on the later of:

(1) The approval of the plan of merger by all parties to the merger, as provided in subsection (c);

(2) The filing of all documents required by law to be filed as a condition to the effectiveness of the merger; or

(3) Any effective date specified in the plan of merger.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 905.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-702 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-702
Assignment of partnership interest
Status: in_force

Except as provided in the partnership agreement, a partnership interest is assignable in whole or in part. An assignment of a partnership interest does not dissolve a limited partnership or entitle the assignee to become or to exercise any rights of a partner. An assignment entitles the assignee to receive, to the extent assigned, only the distribution to which the assignor would have been entitled. Except as provided in the partnership agreement, a partner ceases to be a partner upon assignment of all his partnership interest.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 702.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-602 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-602
Partner's power to dissociate; wrongful dissociation
Status: in_force

(a) A partner has the power to dissociate at any time, rightfully or wrongfully, by express will pursuant to subsection 48 - 7A - 601(1).

(b) A partner's dissociation is wrongful only if:

(1) It is in breach of an express provision of the partnership agreement; or

(2) In the case of a partnership for a definite term or particular undertaking, before the expiration of the term or the completion of the undertaking:

(i) The partner withdraws by express will, unless the withdrawal follows within ninety days after another partner's dissociation by death or otherwise under subsections 48 - 7A - 601(6) to (10), inclusive, or wrongful dissociation under this subsection;

(ii) The partner is expelled by judicial determination under subsection 48 - 7A - 601(5);

(iii) The partner is dissociated by becoming a debtor in bankruptcy; or

(iv) In the case of a partner who is not an individual, trust other than a business trust, or estate, the partner is expelled or otherwise dissociated because it willfully dissolved or terminated.

(c) A partner who wrongfully dissociates is liable to the partnership and to the other partners for damages caused by the dissociation. The liability is in addition to any other obligation of the partner to the partnership or to the other partners.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 602.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-304 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-304
Statement of denial
Status: in_force

A partner or other person named as a partner in a filed statement of partnership authority or in a list maintained by an agent pursuant to subsection 48 - 7A - 303(b) may file a statement of denial in the Office of the Secretary of State stating the name of the partnership and the fact that is being denied, which may include denial of a person's authority or status as a partner. A statement of denial is a limitation on authority as provided in subsections 48 - 7A - 303(d) and (e).

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 304.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-1103 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-1103
Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 1103.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1002 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1002
Name
Status: in_force

The name of a limited liability partnership must end with "Registered Limited Liability Partnership," "Limited Liability Partnership," "R.L.L.P.," "L.L.P.," "RLLP," or "LLP." if the limited liability partnership is also a limited partnership its name shall also comply with the name provisions in chapter 48-7 .

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1002.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-102 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-102
Knowledge and notice
Status: in_force

(a) A person knows a fact if the person has actual knowledge of it.

(b) A person has notice of a fact if the person:

(1) Knows of it;

(2) Has received a notification of it; or

(3) Has reason to know it exists from all of the facts known to the person at the time in question.

(c) A person notifies or gives a notification to another by taking steps reasonably required to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person learns of it.

(d) A person receives a notification when the notification:

(1) Comes to the person's attention; or

(2) Is duly delivered at the person's place of business or at any other place held out by the person as a place for receiving communications.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), a person other than an individual knows, has notice, or receives a notification of a fact for purposes of a particular transaction when the individual conducting the transaction knows, has notice, or receives a notification of the fact, or in any event when the fact would have been brought to the individual's attention if the person had exercised reasonable diligence. The person exercises reasonable diligence if it maintains reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the individual conducting the transaction and there is reasonable compliance with the routines. Reasonable diligence does not require an individual acting for the person to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual's regular duties or the individual has reason to know of the transaction and that the transaction would be materially affected by the information.

(f) A partner's knowledge, notice, or receipt of a notification of a fact relating to the partnership is effective immediately as knowledge by, notice to, or receipt of a notification by the partnership, except in the case of a fraud on the partnership committed by or with the consent of that partner.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 102.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-1101 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-1101
Construction and application
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be so applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 1101.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-803 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-803
Winding up
Status: in_force

Except as provided in the partnership agreement, the general partners who have not wrongfully dissolved a limited partnership or, if none, the limited partners, may wind up the limited partnership's affairs; but the circuit court may wind up the limited partnership's affairs upon application of any partner, his legal representative, or assignee.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 803.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-603 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-603
Effect of partner's dissociation
Status: in_force

(a) If a partner's dissociation results in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, Article 8 applies; otherwise, Article 7 applies.

(b) Upon a partner's dissociation:

(1) The partner's right to participate in the management and conduct of the partnership business terminates, except as otherwise provided in § 48 - 7A - 803;

(2) The partner's duty of loyalty under subsection 48 - 7A - 404(b)(3) terminates; and

(3) The partner's duty of loyalty under subsections 48 - 7A - 404(b)(1) and (2) and duty of care under subsection 48 - 7A - 404(c) continue only with regard to matters arising and events occurring before the partner's dissociation, unless the partner participates in winding up the partnership's business pursuant to § 48 - 7A - 803.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 603.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1004 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1004
Eligibility to practice in limited liability partnership
Status: in_force

Any person registered, certified, or licensed pursuant to chapter 16-16 , 36-4 , 36-4A , 36-5 , 36-6A , 36-7 , 36-8 , 36-9 , 36-9A , 36-10 , 36-12 , or 36-20B may practice in a limited liability partnership.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1004.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-307 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-307
Actions by and against partnership and partners
Status: in_force

(a) A partnership may sue and be sued in the name of the partnership.

(b) An action may be brought against the partnership and, to the extent not inconsistent with § 48 - 7A - 306, any or all of the partners in the same action or in separate actions.

(c) A judgment against a partnership is not by itself a judgment against a partner. A judgment against a partnership may not be satisfied from a partner's assets unless there is also a judgment against the partner.

(d) A judgment creditor of a partner may not levy execution against the assets of the partner to satisfy a judgment based on a claim against the partnership unless the partner is personally liable for the claim under § 48 - 7A - 306 and:

(1) A judgment based on the same claim has been obtained against the partnership and a writ of execution on the judgment has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part;

(2) The partnership is a debtor in bankruptcy;

(3) The partner has agreed that the creditor need not exhaust partnership assets;

(4) A court grants permission to the judgment creditor to levy execution against the assets of a partner based on a finding that partnership assets subject to execution are clearly insufficient to satisfy the judgment, that exhaustion of partnership assets is excessively burdensome, or that the grant of permission is an appropriate exercise of the court's equitable powers; or

(5) Liability is imposed on the partner by law or contract independent of the existence of the partnership.

(e) This section applies to any partnership liability or obligation resulting from a representation by a partner or purported partner under § 48 - 7A - 308.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 307.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-504 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-504
Sharing of distributions
Status: in_force

Distributions of cash or other assets of a limited partnership shall be allocated among the partners, and among classes of partners, in the manner provided in writing in the partnership agreement. If the partnership agreement does not so provide in writing, distributions shall be made on the basis of the value, as stated in the partnership records required to be kept pursuant to § 48-7-105 , of the contributions made by each partner to the extent they have been received by the partnership and have not been returned.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 504.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-704 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-704
Statement of dissociation
Status: in_force

(a) A dissociated partner or the partnership may file a statement of dissociation in the Office of the Secretary of State stating the name of the partnership and that the partner is dissociated from the partnership.

(b) A statement of dissociation is a limitation on the authority of a dissociated partner for the purposes of subsections 48 - 7A - 303(d) and (e).

(c) For the purposes of subsections 48 - 7A - 702(a)(3) and 48 - 7A - 703(b)(3), a person not a partner is deemed to have notice of the dissociation ninety days after the statement of dissociation is filed.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 704.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-306 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-306
Partner's liability
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), all partners are liable jointly and severally for all obligations of the partnership unless otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law.

(b) A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is not personally liable for any partnership obligation incurred before the person's admission as a partner.

(c) An obligation of a partnership incurred while the partnership is a limited liability partnership, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, is solely the obligation of the partnership. A partner is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by way of contribution or otherwise, for such an obligation solely by reason of being or so acting as a partner. This subsection applies notwithstanding anything inconsistent in the partnership agreement that existed immediately before the vote required to become a limited liability partnership under § 48 - 7A - 1001(b).

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 306.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-602 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-602
Withdrawal of general partner
Status: in_force

A general partner may withdraw from a limited partnership at any time by giving written notice to the other partners, but if the withdrawal violates the partnership agreement, the limited partnership may recover from the withdrawing general partner damages for breach of the partnership agreement and offset the damages against the amount otherwise distributable to him.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 602.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-201 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-201
Partnership as entity
Status: in_force

(a) A partnership is an entity distinct from its partners.

(b) A limited liability partnership continues to be the same entity that existed before the filing of a statement of qualification under § 48 - 7A - 1001.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 201.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-1106 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-1106
Becoming a limited liability limited partnership--Entity not changed--Applicability of subsections 48-7A-306(a) and 48-7A-307(b)
Status: in_force

(a) A limited partnership may become a limited liability limited partnership by:

(1) Obtaining approval of the terms and conditions of the limited partnership becoming a limited liability limited partnership by the vote necessary to amend the limited partnership agreement except, in the case of a limited partnership agreement that expressly considers contribution obligations, the vote necessary to amend those provisions;

(2) Filing a statement of qualification under subsection 48-7A-1001(c) of the Uniform Partnership Act; and

(3) Having as the last words or letters of its name the words "Registered Limited Liability Limited Partnership," or the abbreviation "L.L.L.P.," or the designation "LLLP."

(b) A limited liability limited partnership continues to be the same entity that existed before the filing of a statement of qualification under § 48-7A-1001(c) of the Uniform Partnership Act.

(c) Subsections 48-7A-306(c) and 48-7A-307(b) of the Uniform Partnership Act apply to both general and limited partners of a limited liability limited partnership. Section 48-7-303 also applies to limited partners.

Source: SL 2002, ch 210, § 1.A limited liability limited partnership may be qualified or formed as follows:

(1) An existing limited partnership, in order to qualify as a limited liability limited partnership, must:

(a) Obtain approval of the terms and conditions of the limited partnership becoming a limited liability limited partnership by the vote necessary to amend the limited partnership agreement, except in a limited partnership with an agreement that expressly considers contribution obligations, in which case by the vote necessary to amend the contribution obligation provisions;

(b) File a statement of qualification pursuant to § 48-7A-1001 ;

(c) Have as the last words or letters of its name the words "Registered Limited Liability Limited Partnership," or the abbreviation "L.L.L.P.," or the designation "LLLP;" and

(d) Continue as the same entity that existed before the filing of a statement of qualification pursuant to § 48-7A-1001 (c).

(2) Alternatively, a limited liability limited partnership may be formed directly by filing a certificate of limited liability limited partnership pursuant to § 48-7-1107 .

Subsections 48-7A-306 (c) and 48-7A-307 (b) apply to both general and limited partners of a limited liability limited partnership. § 48-7-303 also applies to limited partners. Upon qualification or formation, the entity is a limited partnership and a limited liability limited partnership for all purposes of this chapter.

Source: SL 2002, ch 210, § 1; SL 2026, ch 182, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2027.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-806 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-806
Partner's liability to other partners after dissolution
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and § 48 - 7A - 306, after dissolution a partner is liable to the other partners for the partner's share of any partnership liability incurred under § 48 - 7A - 804.

(b) A partner who, with knowledge of the dissolution, incurs a partnership liability under subsection 48 - 7A - 804(2) by an act that is not appropriate for winding up the partnership business is liable to the partnership for any damage caused to the partnership arising from the liability.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 806.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-805 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-805
Statement of dissolution
Status: in_force

(a) After dissolution, a partner who has not wrongfully dissociated may file a statement of dissolution in the Office of the Secretary of State stating the name of the partnership and that the partnership has dissolved and is winding up its business.

(b) A statement of dissolution cancels a filed statement of partnership authority for the purposes of subsection 48 - 7A - 303(d) and is a limitation on authority for the purposes of subsection 48 - 7A - 303(e).

(c) For the purposes of §§ 48 - 7A - 301 and 48 - 7A - 804, a person not a partner is deemed to have notice of the dissolution and the limitation on the partners' authority as a result of the statement of dissolution ninety days after it is filed.

(d) After filing and, if appropriate, recording a statement of dissolution, a dissolved partnership may file and, if appropriate, record a statement of partnership authority which will operate with respect to a person not a partner as provided in subsections 48 - 7A - 303(d) and (e) in any transaction, whether or not the transaction is appropriate for winding up the partnership business.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 805.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-606 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-606
Right to distribution
Status: in_force

At the time a partner becomes entitled to receive a distribution, he has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the limited partnership with respect to the distribution.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 606.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-802 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-802
Judicial dissolution
Status: in_force

On application by or for a partner the circuit court may decree dissolution of a limited partnership whenever it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in conformity with the partnership agreement.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 802.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-401 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-401
Admission of additional general partners
Status: in_force

After the filing of a limited partnership's original certificate of limited partnership, additional general partners may be admitted as provided in writing in the partnership agreement or, if the partnership agreement does not provide in writing for the admission of additional general partners, with the written consent of all partners.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 401.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-501 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-501
Form of contribution
Status: in_force

The contribution of a partner may be in cash, property, or services rendered, or a promissory note or other obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 501.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1001.2 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1001.2
Cancellation of statement of qualification--Contents
Status: in_force

A statement of qualification of limited liability partnership shall be cancelled upon the filing of a statement of cancellation of the limited liability partnership. The statement of cancellation shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and shall set forth:

(1) The name of the limited liability partnership;

(2) The date of filing the statement of qualification of limited liability partnership; and

(3) The reason for filing the statement of cancellation.

Source: SL 2003, ch 234, § 2.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-1104 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-1104
Effective date, extended effective date, and repeal
Status: in_force

Except as set forth below, the effective date of this chapter is July 1, 1986, and the Uniform Limited Partnership Act being §§ 48-6-1 to 48-6-64, inclusive, are hereby repealed:

(1) The existing provisions for execution and filing of certificates of limited partnerships and amendments thereunder and cancellations thereof continue in effect until July 1, 1987, the extended effective date, §§ 48-7-102 to 48-7-105 , inclusive, 48-7-201 to 48-7-204 , inclusive, and 48-7-206 are not effective until the extended effective date;

(2) Section 48-7-402 , specifying the conditions under which a general partner ceases to be a member of a limited partnership, is not effective until the extended effective date, and the applicable provisions of existing law continue to govern until the extended effective date;

(3) Sections 48-7-501 , 48-7-502 , and 48-7-608 apply only to contributions and distributions made after the effective date of this chapter;

(4) Section 48-7-704 applies only to assignments made after the effective date of this chapter;

(5) Sections 48-7-901 to 48-7-908 , inclusive, dealing with registration of foreign limited partnerships, are not effective until the extended effective date;

(6) Unless agreed otherwise by the partners, the applicable provisions of existing law governing allocation of profits and losses, rather than the provisions of § 48-7-503 , distributions to a withdrawing partner, rather than the provisions of § 48-7-604 , and distribution of assets upon the winding up of a limited partnership, rather than the provisions of § 48-7-804 , shall govern limited partnerships formed before the effective date of this chapter;

(7) The repeal of any statutory provision by this chapter does not impair, or otherwise affect, the organization or the continued existence of a limited partnership existing at the effective date of this chapter, nor does the repeal of any existing statutory provision by this chapter impair any contract or affect any right accrued before the effective date of this chapter.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 1104.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1003 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1003
Annual report
Status: in_force

(a) A limited liability partnership, and a foreign limited liability partnership authorized to transact business in this state, shall file an annual report pursuant to §§ 59-11-24 to 59-11-26 , inclusive.

(b) Repealed by SL 2008, ch 275, § 86.

(c) The secretary of state may revoke the statement of qualification of a partnership that fails to file an annual report when due or pay the required filing fee. To do so, the secretary of state shall provide the partnership at least sixty days' written notice of intent to revoke the statement. The notice must be mailed to the partnership at its chief executive office set forth in the last filed statement of qualification or annual report. The notice must specify the annual report that has not been filed, the fee that has not been paid, and the effective date of the revocation. The revocation is not effective if the annual report is filed and the fee is paid before the effective date of the revocation.

(d) A revocation under subsection (c) only affects a partnership's status as a limited liability partnership and is not an event of dissolution of the partnership.

(e) A partnership whose statement of qualification has been revoked may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement within two years after the effective date of the revocation. The applicant shall submit with the application the filing fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars, plus any delinquent annual reports and fees for the period prior to the reinstatement application. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the Office of the Secretary of State. If the document is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the Office of the Secretary of State may require one exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the document. The application must state:

(1) The name of the partnership and the effective date of the revocation; and

(2) That the ground for revocation either did not exist or has been corrected.

(f) A reinstatement under subsection (e) relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the revocation, and the partnership's status as a limited liability partnership continues as if the revocation had never occurred.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1003; SL 2003, ch 8, § 27; SL 2008, ch 275, § 86; SL 2009, ch 4, § 22; SL 2012, ch 222, § 25.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-203 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-203
Partnership property
Status: in_force

Property acquired by a partnership is property of the partnership and not of the partners individually.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 203.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-1002 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-1002
Proper plaintiff
Status: in_force

In a derivative action, the plaintiff must be a partner at the time of bringing the action and at the time of the transaction of which he complains or his status as a partner had devolved upon him by operation of law or pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreement from a person who was a partner at the time of the transaction.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 1002.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-504 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-504
Partner's transferable interest subject to charging order
Status: in_force

(a) On application by a judgment creditor of a partner or of a partner's transferee, a court having jurisdiction may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor to satisfy the judgment. The court may appoint a receiver of the share of the distributions due or to become due to the judgment debtor in respect of the partnership and make all other orders, directions, accounts, and inquiries the judgment debtor might have made or which the circumstances of the case may require.

(b) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor's transferable interest in the partnership. The court may order a foreclosure of the interest subject to the charging order at any time. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale has the rights of a transferee.

(c) At any time before foreclosure, an interest charged may be redeemed:

(1) By the judgment debtor;

(2) With property other than partnership property, by one or more of the other partners; or

(3) With partnership property, by one or more of the other partners with the consent of all of the partners whose interests are not so charged.

(d) This chapter does not deprive a partner of a right under exemption laws with respect to the partner's interest in the partnership.

(e) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a partner or partner's transferee may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's transferable interest in the partnership.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 504.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-204 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-204
Execution of certificates
Status: in_force

Each certificate required by this chapter to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State shall be executed in the following manner:

(1) An original certificate of limited partnership shall be signed by all general partners;

(2) A certificate of amendment shall be signed by at least one general partner and by each other general partner designated in the certificate as a new general partner; and

(3) A certificate of cancellation shall be signed by all general partners.

Any person may sign a certificate by an attorney - in - fact, but a power of attorney to sign a certificate relating to the admission of a general partner shall specifically describe the admission.

The execution of a certificate by a general partner constitutes an affirmation under the penalties of perjury that the facts stated therein are true.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 204.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-303 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-303
Liability to third persons
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), a limited partner is not liable for the obligations of a limited partnership unless he is also a general partner or, in addition to the exercise of his rights and powers as a limited partner, he participates in the control of the business. However, if the limited partner participates in the control of the business, he is liable only to persons who transact business with the limited partnership reasonably believing, based upon the limited partner's conduct, that the limited partner is a general partner.

(b) A limited partner does not participate in the control of the business within the meaning of subdivision (a) solely by doing one or more of the following:

(1) Being a contractor for or an agent or employee of the limited partnership or of a general partner, or being an officer, director or shareholder of a general partner that is a corporation;

(2) Consulting with and advising a general partner with respect to the business of the limited partnership;

(3) Acting as surety for the limited partnership or guaranteeing or assuming one or more specific obligations of the limited partnership;

(4) Taking any action required or permitted by law to bring or pursue a derivative action in the right of the limited partnership;

(5) Requesting or attending a meeting of partners;

(6) Proposing, approving or disapproving, by voting or otherwise, one or more of the following matters:

(a) The dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership;

(b) The sale, exchange, lease, mortgage, pledge, or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the limited partnership;

(c) The incurrence of indebtedness by the limited partnership other than in the ordinary course of its business;

(d) A change in the nature of the business;

(e) The admission or removal of a general partner;

(f) The admission or removal of a limited partner;

(g) A transaction involving an actual or potential conflict of interest between a general partner and the limited partnership or the limited partners;

(h) An amendment to the partnership agreement or certificate of limited partnership; or

(i) Matters related to the business of the limited partnership not otherwise enumerated in this section, which the partnership agreement states in writing may be subject to the approval or disapproval of limited partners;

(7) Winding up the limited partnership pursuant to § 48-7-803 ; or

(8) Exercising any right or power permitted to limited partners under this chapter and not specifically enumerated in this section.

(c) The enumeration in subdivision (b) does not mean that the possession or exercise of any other powers by a limited partner constitutes participation by him in the business of the limited partnership.

(d) A limited partner who knowingly permits his name to be used in the name of the limited partnership, except under circumstances permitted by § 48-7-102 , is liable to creditors who extend credit to the limited partnership without actual knowledge that the limited partner is not a general partner.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, §§ 303(a)-303(d).
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-704 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-704
Right of assignee to become limited partner
Status: in_force

An assignee of a partnership interest, including an assignee of a general partner, may become a limited partner if and to the extent that:

(1) The assignor gives the assignee that right in accordance with authority described in the partnership agreement; or

(2) All other partners consent.

An assignee who has become a limited partner has, to the extent assigned, the rights and powers, and is subject to the restrictions and liabilities, of a limited partner under the partnership agreement and this chapter. An assignee who becomes a limited partner also is liable for the obligations of his assignor to make and return contributions as provided in this chapter. However, the assignee is not obligated for liabilities unknown to the assignee at the time he became a limited partner.

If an assignee of a partnership interest becomes a limited partner, the assignor is not released from his liability to the limited partnership, under §§ 48-7-207 and 48-7-502 .

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 704.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-207 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-207
Liability for false statement in certificate
Status: in_force

If any certificate of limited partnership or certificate of amendment or cancellation contains a false statement, one who suffers loss by reliance on the statement may recover damages for the loss from:

(1) Any person who executes the certificate, or causes another to execute it on his behalf, and knew, and any general partner who knew or should have known, the statement to be false at the time the certificate was executed; and

(2) Any general partner who thereafter knows or should have known that any arrangement or other fact described in the certificate has changed, making the statement inaccurate in any respect within a sufficient time before the statement was relied upon reasonably to have enabled that general partner to cancel or amend the certificate, or to file a petition for its cancellation or amendment under § 48-7-205 .

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 207.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-902 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-902
Registration
Status: in_force

Before transacting business in this state, a foreign limited partnership shall register with the secretary of state. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the Office of the Secretary of State. If the document is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the Office of the Secretary of State may require one exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the document. In order to register, a foreign limited partnership shall submit to the secretary of state an original application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, signed by a general partner and setting forth:

(1) The name of the foreign limited partnership and, if different, the name under which it proposes to register and transact business in this state;

(2) The state and date of its formation;

(3) The information required by § 59-11-6 ;

(4) Repealed by SL 2008, ch 275, § 83;

(5) The street address of the office required to be maintained in the state of its organization by the laws of that state or, if not so required, of the principal office of the foreign limited partnership;

(6) The name and business address of each general partner; and

(7) The street address, or a statement that there is no street address, of the office at which is kept a list of the names and addresses of the limited partners and their capital contributions, together with an undertaking by the foreign limited partnership to keep those records until the foreign limited partnership's registration in this state is cancelled or withdrawn.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 902; SL 1990, ch 370, § 5; SL 2008, ch 275, § 83; SL 2012, ch 222, § 22.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-105 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-105
Records to be kept
Status: in_force

Each limited partnership shall keep at the office referred to in § 48-7-104 the following:

(1) A current list of the full name and last known business address of each partner, separately identifying in alphabetical order the general partners and the limited partners;

(2) A copy of the certificate of limited partnership and all certificates of amendment thereto, together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which any certificate has been executed;

(3) Copies of the limited partnership's federal, state, and local income tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent years;

(4) Copies of any then effective written partnership agreements and of any financial statements of the limited partnership for the three most recent years; and

(5) Unless contained in a written partnership agreement, a writing setting out:

(a) The amount of cash and a description and statement of the agreed value of the other property or services contributed by each partner and which each partner has agreed to contribute;

(b) The times at which or events on the happening of which any additional contributions agreed to be made by each partner are to be made;

(c) Any right of a partner to receive, or of a general partner to make, distributions to a partner which include a return of all or any part of the partner's contribution; and

(d) Any events upon the happening of which the limited partnership is to be dissolved and its affairs wound up.

Records kept under this section are subject to inspection and copying at the reasonable request, and at the expense, of any partner during ordinary business hours.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 105.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-305 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-305
Information
Status: in_force

Each limited partner has the right to:

(1) Inspect and copy any of the partnership records required to be maintained by § 48-7-105 ; and

(2) Obtain from the general partners from time to time upon reasonable demand:

(a) True and full information regarding the state of the business and financial condition of the limited partnership;

(b) Promptly after becoming available, a copy of the limited partnership's federal, state, and local income tax returns for each year; and

(c) Other information regarding the affairs of the limited partnership as is just and reasonable.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 305.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-802 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-802
Partnership continues after dissolution
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subsection (b), a partnership continues after dissolution only for the purpose of winding up its business. The partnership is terminated when the winding up of its business is completed.

(b) At any time after the dissolution of a partnership and before the winding up of its business is completed, all of the partners, including any dissociating partner other than a wrongfully dissociating partner, may waive the right to have the partnership's business wound up and the partnership terminated. In that event:

(1) The partnership resumes carrying on its business as if dissolution had never occurred, and any liability incurred by the partnership or a partner after the dissolution and before the waiver is determined as if dissolution had never occurred; and

(2) The rights of a third party accruing under subsection 48 - 7A - 804(1) or arising out of conduct in reliance on the dissolution before the third party knew or received a notification of the waiver may not be adversely affected.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 802.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-210 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-210
Filing exact copy of pre-1987 documents
Status: in_force

If a limited partnership filed one or more documents pertaining to organization or administration of the partnership with a county prior to 1987 and if the partnership now is required to file an amendment to such document with the secretary of state pursuant to this chapter, it shall file an exact or conforming copy of the original county filing along with the amendment to the secretary of state. The copy shall be certified or otherwise shall bear other markings to confirm that it is an exact or conforming copy of a document filed with a county.

Source: SL 1990, ch 370, § 11.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-902 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-902
Conversion of partnership to limited partnership
Status: in_force

(a) A partnership may be converted to a limited partnership pursuant to this section.

(b) The terms and conditions of a conversion of a partnership to a limited partnership must be approved by all of the partners or by a number or percentage specified for conversion in the partnership agreement.

(c) After the conversion is approved by the partners, the partnership shall file a certificate of limited partnership in the jurisdiction in which the limited partnership is to be formed. The certificate must include:

(1) A statement that the partnership was converted to a limited partnership from a partnership;

(2) Its former name; and

(3) A statement of the number of votes cast by the partners for and against the conversion and, if the vote is less than unanimous, the number or percentage required to approve the conversion under the partnership agreement.

(d) The conversion takes effect when the certificate of limited partnership is filed or at any later date specified in the certificate.

(e) A general partner who becomes a limited partner as a result of the conversion remains liable as a general partner for an obligation incurred by the partnership before the conversion takes effect. If the other party to a transaction with the limited partnership reasonably believes when entering the transaction that the limited partner is a general partner, the limited partner is liable for an obligation incurred by the limited partnership within ninety days after the conversion takes effect. The limited partner's liability for all other obligations of the limited partnership incurred after the conversion takes effect is that of a limited partner as provided in the chapter 48-7 , the Uniform Limited Partnership Act.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 902.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-206.1 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-206.1
Filing fee
Status: in_force

The provisions of § 1-8-10 notwithstanding, the fee for filing any document required under this chapter with the secretary of state is one hundred twenty-five dollars.

Source: SL 1990, ch 370, § 9; SL 1997, ch 141, § 12; SL 2003, ch 8, § 26; SL 2009, ch 4, § 21.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-601 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-601
Interim distributions
Status: in_force

Except as provided in §§ 48-7-601 to 48-7-608 , inclusive, a partner is entitled to receive distributions from a limited partnership before his withdrawal from the limited partnership and before the dissolution and winding up thereof to the extent and at the times or upon the happening of the events specified in the partnership agreement.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 601.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-1107 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-1107
Limited liability limited partnership--Direct formation--Effective date
Status: in_force

A limited liability limited partnership may be formed by delivering to the secretary of state a certificate of limited liability limited partnership. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission, if and to the extent permitted by the secretary of state. If the certificate is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the secretary of state may require one exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the certificate.

The certificate must contain:

(1) The name of the limited liability limited partnership , which has as the last words or letters of its name the words "Registered Limited Liability Limited Partnership," the abbreviation "L.L.L.P.," or the designation "LLLP";

(2) The street address of the limited liability limited partnership's chief executive office and, if different, the street address of an office in this state, if any;

(3) If the limited liability limited partnership does not have an office in this state, the information required pursuant to § 59-11-6 ;

(4) A statement that the entity elects to be a limited liability limited partnership; and

(5) A deferred effective date, if any.

A limited liability limited partnership is formed when the certificate is filed with the secretary of state or on a deferred effective date thereafter.

Source: SL 2026, ch 182, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2027.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-705 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-705
Power of estate of deceased or incompetent partner
Status: in_force

If a partner who is an individual dies or a court of competent jurisdiction adjudges him to be incompetent to manage his person or his property, the partner's personal representative, guardian, conservator, or other legal representative may exercise all the partner's rights for the purpose of settling his estate or administering his property, including any power the partner had to give an assignee the right to become a limited partner. If a partner is a corporation, trust, or other entity and is dissolved or terminated, the powers of that partner may be exercised by its legal representative or successor.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 705; SL 1995, ch 167, § 188.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-204 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-204
When property is partnership property
Status: in_force

(a) Property is partnership property if acquired in the name of:

(1) The partnership; or

(2) One or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person's capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership but without an indication of the name of the partnership.

(b) Property is acquired in the name of the partnership by a transfer to:

(1) The partnership in its name; or

(2) One or more partners in their capacity as partners in the partnership, if the name of the partnership is indicated in the instrument transferring title to the property.

(c) Property is presumed to be partnership property if purchased with partnership assets, even if not acquired in the name of the partnership or of one or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person's capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership.

(d) Property acquired in the name of one or more of the partners, without an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person's capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership and without use of partnership assets, is presumed to be separate property, even if used for partnership purposes.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 204.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-406 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-406
Restrictions on corporate general partner
Status: in_force

Any limited partnership which has a corporation as its general partner shall conform to the restrictions placed upon corporations under chapter 47-9A .

Source: SL 1990, ch 370, § 12.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1001 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1001
Statement of qualification
Status: in_force

(a) A partnership may become a limited liability partnership pursuant to this section.

(b) The terms and conditions on which a partnership becomes a limited liability partnership must be approved by the vote necessary to amend the partnership agreement except, in the case of a partnership agreement that expressly considers obligations to contribute to the partnership, the vote necessary to amend those provisions.

(c) After the approval required by subsection (b), a partnership may become a limited liability partnership by filing a statement of qualification in the Office of the Secretary of State. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the Office of the Secretary of State. If the document is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the Office of the Secretary of State may require one exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the document. The statement must contain:

(1) The name of the partnership;

(2) The street address of the partnership's chief executive office and, if different, the street address of an office in this state, if any;

(3) If the partnership does not have an office in this state, the information required by § 59-11-6 ;

(4) A statement that the partnership elects to be a limited liability partnership; and

(5) A deferred effective date, if any.

(d) Repealed by SL 2008, ch 275, § 85.

(e) The status of a partnership as a limited liability partnership is effective on the later of the filing of the statement or a date specified in the statement. The status remains effective, regardless of changes in the partnership, until it is canceled pursuant to subsection 48-7A-105(d) or revoked pursuant to § 48-7A-1003 .

(f) The status of a partnership as a limited liability partnership and the liability of its partners is not affected by errors or later changes in the information required to be contained in the statement of qualification under subsection (c).

(g) The filing of a statement of qualification under this chapter or, before July 1, 2001, registering as a registered limited liability partnership under prior law establishes that a partnership has satisfied all conditions precedent to the qualification of the partnership as a limited liability partnership.

(h) An amendment or cancellation of a statement of qualification is effective when it is filed or on a deferred effective date specified in the amendment or cancellation.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1001; SL 2006, ch 228, § 7; SL 2008, ch 275, § 85; SL 2012, ch 222, § 24.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-503 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-503
Sharing of profits and losses
Status: in_force

The profits and losses of a limited partnership shall be allocated among the partners, and among classes of partners, in the manner provided in writing in the partnership agreement. If the partnership agreement does not so provide in writing, profits and losses shall be allocated on the basis of the value, as stated in the partnership records required to be kept pursuant to § 48-7-105 , of the contributions made by each partner to the extent they have been received by the partnership and have not been returned.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 503.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-103 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-103
Reservation of name
Status: in_force

The exclusive right to the use of a name may be reserved by:

(1) Any person intending to organize a limited partnership under this chapter and to adopt that name;

(2) Any domestic limited partnership or any foreign limited partnership registered in this state which, in either case, intends to adopt that name;

(3) Any foreign limited partnership intending to register in this state and adopt that name; and

(4) Any person intending to organize a foreign limited partnership and intending to have it registered in this state and adopt that name.

The reservation shall be made by filing with the secretary of state an application, executed by the applicant, to reserve a specified name. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the Office of the Secretary of State. If the document is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the Office of the Secretary of State may require one exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the document. If the secretary of state finds that the name is available for use by a domestic or foreign limited partnership, he shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of one hundred twenty days. Once having so reserved a name, the same applicant may not again reserve the same name until more than sixty days after the expiration of the last one hundred twenty-day period for which that applicant reserved that name. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be transferred to any other person by filing in the Office of the Secretary of State a notice of the transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved and specifying the name and address of the transferee.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 103; SL 2012, ch 222, § 18.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-608 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-608
Liability upon return of contribution
Status: in_force

If a partner has received the return of any part of his contribution without violation of the partnership agreement or this chapter, he is liable to the limited partnership for a period of one year thereafter for the amount of the returned contribution, but only to the extent necessary to discharge the limited partnership's liabilities to creditors who extended credit to the limited partnership during the period the contribution was held by the partnership.

If a partner has received the return of any part of his contribution in violation of the partnership agreement or this chapter, he is liable to the limited partnership for a period of six years thereafter for the amount of the contribution wrongfully returned.

A partner receives a return of his contribution to the extent that a distribution to him reduces his share of the fair value of the net assets of the limited partnership below the value, as set forth in the partnership records required to be kept pursuant to § 48-7-105 , of his contribution which has not been distributed to him.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 608.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1207 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1207
Savings clause
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect an action or proceeding commenced or right accrued before this chapter takes effect.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1207.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-301 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-301
Admission of limited partners
Status: in_force

(a) A person becomes a limited partner on the later of:

(1) The date the original certificate of limited partnership is filed; or

(2) The date stated in the records of the limited partnership as the date that person becomes a limited partner.

(b) After the filing of a limited partnership's original certificate of limited partnership, a person may be admitted as an additional limited partner:

(1) In the case of a person acquiring a partnership interest directly from the limited partnership, upon the compliance with the partnership agreement or, if the partnership agreement does not so provide, upon the written consent of all partners; and

(2) In the case of an assignee of a partnership interest of a partner who has the power, as provided in § 48-7-704 , to grant the assignee the right to become a limited partner, upon the exercise of that power and compliance with any conditions limiting the grant or exercise of the power.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, §§ 301(a), 301(b).
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-901 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-901
Definitions
Status: in_force

In this article:

(1) "General Partner" means a partner in a partnership and a general partner in a limited partnership.

(2) "Limited Partner" means a limited partner in a limited partnership.

(3) "Limited Partnership" means a limited partnership created under the chapter 48-7 , the Uniform Limited Partnership Act, predecessor law, or comparable law of another jurisdiction.

(4) "Partner" includes both a general partner and a limited partner.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 901.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-402 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-402
Distributions in kind
Status: in_force

A partner has no right to receive, and may not be required to accept, a distribution in kind.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 402.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-904 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-904
Name
Status: in_force

A foreign limited partnership may register with the secretary of state under any name, whether or not it is the name under which it is registered in its state of organization, that includes the words "limited partnership" or the initials "L.P." or "LP" and that could be registered by a domestic limited partnership under the provisions of § 48-7-102 .

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 904; SL 1990, ch 370, § 7; SL 2014, ch 216, § 2.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-202 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-202
Formation of partnership
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), the association of two or more persons to carry on as co - owners a business for profit forms a partnership, whether or not the persons intend to form a partnership.

(b) An association formed under a statute other than this chapter, a predecessor statute, or a comparable statute of another jurisdiction is not a partnership under this chapter.

(c) In determining whether a partnership is formed, the following rules apply:

(1) Joint tenancy, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entireties, joint property, common property, or part ownership does not by itself establish a partnership, even if the co - owners share profits made by the use of the property.

(2) The sharing of gross returns does not by itself establish a partnership, even if the persons sharing them have a joint or common right or interest in property from which the returns are derived.

(3) A person who receives a share of the profits of a business is presumed to be a partner in the business, unless the profits were received in payment:

(i) Of a debt by installments or otherwise;

(ii) For services as an independent contractor or of wages or other compensation to an employee;

(iii) Of rent;

(iv) Of an annuity or other retirement or health benefit to a beneficiary, representative, or designee of a deceased or retired partner;

(v) Of interest or other charge on a loan, even if the amount of payment varies with the profits of the business, including a direct or indirect present or future ownership of the collateral, or rights to income, proceeds, or increase in value derived from the collateral; or

(vi) For the sale of the goodwill of a business or other property by installments or otherwise.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 202.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-1001 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-1001
Right of action
Status: in_force

A limited partner may bring an action in the right of a limited partnership to recover a judgment in its favor if general partners with authority to do so have refused to bring the action or if an effort to cause those general partners to bring the action is not likely to succeed.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 1001.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-209 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-209
Delivery of certificates to limited partners
Status: in_force

Upon the return by the secretary of state pursuant to § 48-7-206 of the certificate copy marked "Filed," the general partners shall promptly deliver or mail a copy of the certificate of limited partnership and each certificate of amendment or cancellation to each limited partner unless the partnership agreement provides otherwise.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 209; SL 1990, ch 370, § 4.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-701 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-701
Purchase of dissociated partner's interest
Status: in_force

(a) If a partner is dissociated from a partnership without resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business under § 48 - 7A - 801, the partnership shall cause the dissociated partner's interest in the partnership to be purchased for a buyout price determined pursuant to subsection (b).

(b) The buyout price of a dissociated partner's interest is the amount that would have been distributable to the dissociating partner under subsection 48 - 7A - 807(b) if, on the date of dissociation, the assets of the partnership were sold at a price equal to the greater of the liquidation value or the value based on a sale of the entire business as a going concern without the dissociated partner and the partnership were wound up as of that date. Interest must be paid from the date of dissociation to the date of payment.

(c) Damages for wrongful dissociation under subsection 48 - 7A - 602(b), and all other amounts owing, whether or not presently due, from the dissociated partner to the partnership, must be offset against the buyout price. Interest must be paid from the date the amount owed becomes due to the date of payment.

(d) A partnership shall indemnify a dissociated partner whose interest is being purchased against all partnership liabilities, whether incurred before or after the dissociation, except liabilities incurred by an act of the dissociated partner under § 48 - 7A - 702.

(e) If no agreement for the purchase of a dissociated partner's interest is reached within one hundred twenty days after a written demand for payment, the partnership shall pay, or cause to be paid, in cash to the dissociated partner the amount the partnership estimates to be the buyout price and accrued interest, reduced by any offsets and accrued interest under subsection (c).

(f) If a deferred payment is authorized under subsection (h), the partnership may tender a written offer to pay the amount it estimates to be the buyout price and accrued interest, reduced by any offsets under subsection (c), stating the time of payment, the amount and type of security for payment, and the other terms and conditions of the obligation.

(g) The payment or tender required by subsection (e) or (f) must be accompanied by the following:

(1) A statement of partnership assets and liabilities as of the date of dissociation;

(2) The latest available partnership balance sheet and income statement, if any;

(3) An explanation of how the estimated amount of the payment was calculated; and

(4) Written notice that the payment is in full satisfaction of the obligation to purchase unless, within one hundred twenty days after the written notice, the dissociated partner commences an action to determine the buyout price, any offsets under subsection (c), or other terms of the obligation to purchase.

(h) A partner who wrongfully dissociates before the expiration of a definite term or the completion of a particular undertaking is not entitled to payment of any portion of the buyout price until the expiration of the term or completion of the undertaking, unless the partner establishes to the satisfaction of the court that earlier payment will not cause undue hardship to the business of the partnership. A deferred payment must be adequately secured and bear interest.

(i) A dissociated partner may maintain an action against the partnership, pursuant to subsection 48 - 7A - 405(b)(2)(ii), to determine the buyout price of that partner's interest, any offsets under subsection (c), or other terms of the obligation to purchase. The action must be commenced within one hundred twenty days after the partnership has tendered payment or an offer to pay or within one year after written demand for payment if no payment or offer to pay is tendered. The court shall determine the buyout price of the dissociated partner's interest, any offset due under subsection (c), and accrued interest, and enter judgment for any additional payment or refund. If deferred payment is authorized under subsection (h), the court shall also determine the security for payment and other terms of the obligation to purchase. The court may assess reasonable attorney's fees and the fees and expenses of appraisers or other experts for a party to the action, in amounts the court finds equitable, against a party that the court finds acted arbitrarily, vexatiously, or not in good faith. The finding may be based on the partnership's failure to tender payment or an offer to pay or to comply with subsection (g).

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 701.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-102 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-102
Name
Status: in_force

The name of a limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership:

(1) Shall contain the words "limited partnership" or the initials "L.P." or "LP";

(2) May not contain the name of a limited partner unless:

(a) It is also the name of a general partner or the corporate name of a corporate general partner; or

(b) The business of the limited partnership had been carried on under that name before the admission of that limited partner;

(3) Must be distinguishable upon the records of the secretary of state from, the name of any corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, or limited partnership organized under the laws of South Dakota or licensed or registered as a foreign corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, or limited partnership in this state; and

(4) May not contain any word or phrase indicating or implying that it is organized other than for a purpose stated in its certificate of limited partnership.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 102; SL 1990, ch 370, § 1; SL 1998, ch 272, § 1; SL 2014, ch 216, § 1.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-302 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-302
Transfer of partnership property
Status: in_force

(a) Partnership property may be transferred as follows:

(1) Subject to the effect of a statement of partnership authority under § 48 - 7A - 303, partnership property held in the name of the partnership may be transferred by an instrument of transfer executed by a partner in the partnership name.

(2) Partnership property held in the name of one or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring the property to them of their capacity as partners or of the existence of a partnership, but without an indication of the name of the partnership, may be transferred by an instrument of transfer executed by the persons in whose name the property is held.

(3) Partnership property held in the name of one or more persons other than the partnership, without an indication in the instrument transferring the property to them of their capacity as partners or of the existence of a partnership, may be transferred by an instrument of transfer executed by the persons in whose name the property is held.

(b) A partnership may recover partnership property from a transferee only if it proves that execution of the instrument of initial transfer did not bind the partnership under § 48 - 7A - 301 and:

(1) As to a subsequent transferee who gave value for property transferred under subsection (a)(1) and (2), proves that the subsequent transferee knew or had received a notification that the person who executed the instrument of initial transfer lacked authority to bind the partnership; or

(2) As to a transferee who gave value for property transferred under subsection (a)(3), proves that the transferee knew or had received a notification that the property was partnership property and that the person who executed the instrument of initial transfer lacked authority to bind the partnership.

(c) A partnership may not recover partnership property from a subsequent transferee if the partnership would not have been entitled to recover the property, under subsection (b), from any earlier transferee of the property.

(d) If a person holds all of the partners' interests in the partnership, all of the partnership property vests in that person. The person may execute a document in the name of the partnership to evidence vesting of the property in that person and may file or record the document.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 302.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-908 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-908
Action by attorney general
Status: in_force

The attorney general may bring an action to restrain a foreign limited partnership from transacting business in this state in violation of any provision of this chapter regulating the activities of foreign limited partnerships.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 908; SL 1990, ch 370, § 8.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-807 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-807
Settlement of accounts and contributions among partners
Status: in_force

(a) In winding up a partnership's business, the assets of the partnership, including the contributions of the partners required by this section, must be applied to discharge its obligations to creditors, including, to the extent permitted by law, partners who are creditors. Any surplus must be applied to pay in cash the net amount distributable to partners in accordance with their right to distributions under subsection (b).

(b) Each partner is entitled to a settlement of all partnership accounts upon winding up the partnership business. In settling accounts among the partners, profits and losses that result from the liquidation of the partnership assets must be credited and charged to the partners' accounts. The partnership shall make a distribution to a partner in an amount equal to any excess of the credits over the charges in the partner's account. A partner shall contribute to the partnership an amount equal to any excess of the charges over the credits in the partner's account but excluding from the calculation charges attributable to an obligation for which the partner is not personally liable under § 48 - 7A - 306.

(c) If a partner fails to contribute the full amount required under subsection (b), all of the other partners shall contribute, in the proportions in which those partners share partnership losses, the additional amount necessary to satisfy the partnership obligations for which they are personally liable under § 48 - 7A - 306. A partner or partner's legal representative may recover from the other partners any contributions the partner makes to the extent the amount contributed exceeds that partner's share of the partnership obligations for which the partner is personally liable under § 48 - 7A - 306.

(d) After the settlement of accounts, each partner shall contribute, in the proportion in which the partner shares partnership losses, the amount necessary to satisfy partnership obligations that were not known at the time of the settlement and for which the partner is personally liable under § 48 - 7A - 306.

(e) The estate of a deceased partner is liable for the partner's obligation to contribute to the partnership.

(f) An assignee for the benefit of creditors of a partnership or a partner, or a person appointed by a court to represent creditors of a partnership or a partner, may enforce a partner's obligation to contribute to the partnership.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 807.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-304 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-304
Person erroneously believing himself limited partner
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this section, a person who makes a contribution to a business enterprise and erroneously but in good faith believes that he has become a limited partner in the enterprise is not a general partner in the enterprise and is not bound by its obligations by reason of making the contribution, receiving distributions from the enterprise, or exercising any rights of a limited partner, if, on ascertaining the mistake, he:

(1) Causes an appropriate certificate of limited partnership or certificate of amendment to be executed and filed; or

(2) Withdraws from future equity participation in the enterprise by executing and filing in the office of the secretary of state a certificate declaring withdrawal under this section.

(b) A person who makes a contribution of the kind described in subdivision (a) is liable as a general partner to any third party who transacts business with the enterprise:

(1) Before the person withdraws and an appropriate certificate is filed to show withdrawal; or

(2) Before an appropriate certificate is filed to show that he is not a general partner, but in either case only if the third party actually believed in good faith that the person was a general partner at the time of the transaction.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, §§ 304(a), 304(b).
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-302 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-302
Voting
Status: in_force

Subject to § 48-7-303 , the partnership agreement may grant to all or a specified group of the limited partners the right to vote, on a per capita or other basis, upon any matter.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 302.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-107 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-107
Partnership subject to amendment or repeal of act
Status: in_force

A partnership governed by this chapter is subject to any amendment to or repeal of this chapter.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 107.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-905 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-905
Changes and amendments
Status: in_force

If any statement in the application for registration of a foreign limited partnership was false when made or any arrangements or other facts described have changed, making the application inaccurate in any respect, the foreign limited partnership shall promptly file in the Office of the Secretary of State a certificate signed and sworn to by a general partner, correcting such statement.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 905.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-105 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-105
Execution, filing, and recording of statements
Status: in_force

(a) A statement may be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. A certified copy of a statement that is filed in an office in another state may be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. Either filing has the effect provided in this chapter with respect to partnership property located in or transactions that occur in this state.

(b) A certified copy of a statement that has been filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and recorded in the office of the register of deeds has the effect provided for recorded statements in this chapter. A recorded statement that is not a certified copy of a statement filed in the Office of the Secretary of State does not have the effect provided for recorded statements in this chapter.

(c) A statement filed by a partnership must be executed by at least two partners. Other statements must be executed by a partner or other person authorized by this chapter. An individual who executes a statement as, or on behalf of, a partner or other person named as a partner in a statement shall personally declare under penalty of perjury that the contents of the statement are accurate.

(d) A person authorized by this chapter to file a statement may amend or cancel the statement by filing an amendment or cancellation that names the partnership, identifies the statement, and states the substance of the amendment or cancellation.

(e) A person who files a statement pursuant to this section shall promptly send a copy of the statement to every nonfiling partner and to any other person named as a partner in the statement. Failure to send a copy of a statement to a partner or other person does not limit the effectiveness of the statement as to a person not a partner.

The secretary of state may collect a fee for filing or providing a certified copy of a statement. The register of deeds may collect a fee in accordance with subdivisions 7-9-15(1) and (2) for recording a statement filed pursuant to this section.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 105; SL 2016, ch 47, § 14.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-501 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-501
Partner not co-owner of partnership property
Status: in_force

A partner is not a co - owner of partnership property and has no interest in partnership property which can be transferred, either voluntarily or involuntarily.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 501.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-502 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-502
Partner's transferable interest in partnership
Status: in_force

The only transferable interest of a partner in the partnership is the partner's share of the profits and losses of the partnership and the partner's right to receive distributions. The interest is personal property.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 502.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1203 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1203
Severability clause
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1203.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1004.1 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1004.1
Revocable trust as shareholder--Conditions
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of § 48-7A-1004 , a revocable trust may be a partner in a limited liability partnership organized under this chapter, for so long as the grantor of the revocable trust is living and is eligible to be a partner of a limited liability partnership organized under this chapter. After the death of the grantor, the partnership interest owned by a revocable trust is subject to any applicable divestiture and redemption provisions as if the partnership interest were directly owned by the grantor of the trust.

Source: SL 2002, ch 205, § 11.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-403 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-403
General powers and liabilities
Status: in_force

Except as provided in this chapter or in the partnership agreement, a general partner of a limited partnership has the rights and powers and is subject to the restrictions of a partner in a partnership without limited partners. Except as provided in this chapter, a general partner of a limited partnership has the liabilities of a partner in a partnership without limited partners to persons other than the partnership and the other partners. Except as provided in this chapter or in the partnership agreement, a general partner of a limited partnership has the liabilities of a partner in a partnership without limited partners to the partnership and to the other partners.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 403.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-303 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-303
Statement of partnership authority
Status: in_force

(a) A partnership may file a statement of partnership authority in the Office of the Secretary of State, which:

(1) Must include:

(i) The name of the partnership;

(ii) The street address of its chief executive office and of one office in this state, if there is one;

(iii) The names and mailing addresses of all of the partners or of an agent appointed and maintained by the partnership for the purpose of subsection (b); and

(iv) The names of the partners authorized to execute an instrument transferring real property held in the name of the partnership; and

(2) May state the authority, or limitations on the authority, of some or all of the partners to enter into other transactions on behalf of the partnership and any other matter.

(b) If a statement of partnership authority names an agent, the agent shall maintain a list of the names and mailing addresses of all of the partners and make it available to any person on request for good cause shown.

(c) If a filed statement of partnership authority is executed pursuant to subsection 48 - 7A - 105(c) and states the name of the partnership but does not contain all of the other information required by subsection (a), the statement nevertheless operates with respect to a person not a partner as provided in subsections (d) and (e).

(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a filed statement of partnership authority supplements the authority of a partner to enter into transactions on behalf of the partnership as follows:

(1) Except for transfers of real property, a grant of authority contained in a filed statement of partnership authority is conclusive in favor of a person who gives value without knowledge to the contrary, so long as and to the extent that a limitation on that authority is not then contained in another filed statement. A filed cancellation of a limitation on authority revives the previous grant of authority.

(2) A grant of authority to transfer real property held in the name of the partnership contained in a certified copy of a filed statement of partnership authority recorded in the office for recording transfers of that real property is conclusive in favor of a person who gives value without knowledge to the contrary, so long as and to the extent that a certified copy of a filed statement containing a limitation on that authority is not then of record in the office for recording transfers of that real property. The recording in the office for recording transfers of that real property of a certified copy of a filed cancellation of a limitation on authority revives the previous grant of authority.

(e) A person not a partner is deemed to know of a limitation on the authority of a partner to transfer real property held in the name of the partnership if a certified copy of the filed statement containing the limitation on authority is of record in the office for recording transfers of that real property.

(f) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (d) and (e) and §§ 48 - 7A - 704 and 48 - 7A - 805, a person not a partner is not deemed to know of a limitation on the authority of a partner merely because the limitation is contained in a filed statement.

(g) Unless earlier canceled, a filed statement of partnership authority is canceled by operation of law five years after the date on which the statement, or the most recent amendment, was filed with the secretary of state.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 303.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1102.1 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1102.1
Amendment of statement of foreign qualification--Contents
Status: in_force

A statement of foreign qualification of a limited liability partnership is amended by filing a statement of amendment in the Office of the Secretary of State. The statement of amendment shall set forth:

(1) The name of the limited liability partnership;

(2) The date of filing the statement of foreign qualification of limited liability partnership; and

(3) The amendment to the statement of qualification.

Source: SL 2003, ch 234, § 3.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-605 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-605
Distribution in kind
Status: in_force

Except as provided in writing in the partnership agreement, a partner, regardless of the nature of his contribution, has no right to demand and receive any distribution from a limited partnership in any form other than cash. Except as provided in writing in the partnership agreement, a partner may not be compelled to accept a distribution of any asset in kind from a limited partnership to the extent that the percentage of the asset distributed to him exceeds a percentage of that asset which is equal to the percentage in which he shares in distributions from the limited partnership.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 605.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-702 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-702
Dissociated partner's power to bind and liability to partnership
Status: in_force

(a) For two years after a partner dissociates without resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, the partnership, including a surviving partnership under Article 9, is bound by an act of the dissociated partner which would have bound the partnership under § 48 - 7A - 301 before dissociation only if at the time of entering into the transaction the other party:

(1) Reasonably believed that the dissociated partner was then a partner;

(2) Did not have notice of the partner's dissociation; and

(3) Is not deemed to have had knowledge under subsection 48 - 7A - 303(e) or notice under subsection 48 - 7A - 704(c).

(b) A dissociated partner is liable to the partnership for any damage caused to the partnership arising from an obligation incurred by the dissociated partner after dissociation for which the partnership is liable under subsection (a).

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 702.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1103 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1103
Effect of failure to qualify
Status: in_force

(a) A foreign limited liability partnership transacting business in this state may not maintain an action or proceeding in this state unless it has in effect a statement of foreign qualification.

(b) The failure of a foreign limited liability partnership to have in effect a statement of foreign qualification does not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign limited liability partnership or preclude it from defending an action or proceeding in this state.

(c) A limitation on personal liability of a partner is not waived solely by transacting business in this state without a statement of foreign qualification.

(d) If a foreign limited liability partnership transacts business in this state without a statement of foreign qualification, the secretary of state is its agent for service of process with respect to a right of action arising out of the transaction of business in this state.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1103.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1208 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1208
Filing fees
Status: in_force

The provisions of § 1-8-10 notwithstanding, the fee for filing the statements and reports provided for in the following sections with the secretary of state is as follows:

(1) Section 48-7A-303 , Statement of Authority, one hundred twenty-five dollars;

(2) Section 48-7A-304 , Statement of Denial, ten dollars;

(3) Section 48-7A-704 , Statement of Dissociation, ten dollars;

(4) Section 48-7A-805 , Statement of Dissolution, ten dollars;

(5) Section 48-7A-907 , Statement of Merger, sixty dollars;

(6) Section 48-7A-1001 , Statement of Qualification, one hundred twenty-five dollars;

(6A) Section 48-7A-1001 , Statement of Change, ten dollars;

(7) Section 48-7A-1003 , Annual Report, fifty-five dollars. Each limited liability partnership, domestic or foreign, that does not file or refuses to file its annual report within the time prescribed is subject to a penalty of fifty-five dollars to be assessed by the secretary of state;

(8) Section 48-7A-1001.1 , Statement of Amendment, fifteen dollars;

(9) Section 48-7A-1001.2 , Statement of Cancellation, ten dollars;

(10) Section 48-7A-1102 , Statement of Foreign Qualification, one hundred twenty-five dollars;

(11) Section 48-7A-1102.1 , Statement of Amendment of Foreign Qualification, fifteen dollars;

(12) Section 48-7A-1102.2 , Statement of Cancellation, ten dollars; and

(13) Filing any other statement, ten dollars.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1208; SL 2003, ch 8, § 28; SL 2003, ch 234, § 5; SL 2006, ch 228, § 11; SL 2009, ch 4, § 23; SL 2016, ch 2, § 6; SL 2025, ch 189, § 5.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-104 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-104
Supplemental principles of law
Status: in_force

(a) Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement this chapter.

(b) If an obligation to pay interest arises under this chapter and the rate is not specified, the rate is that specified in Category B of subdivision 54-3-16(2).

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 104.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-305 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-305
Partnership liable for partner's actionable conduct
Status: in_force

(a) A partnership is liable for loss or injury caused to a person, or for a penalty incurred, as a result of a wrongful act or omission, or other actionable conduct, of a partner acting in the ordinary course of business of the partnership or with authority of the partnership.

(b) If, in the course of the partnership's business or while acting with authority of the partnership, a partner receives or causes the partnership to receive money or property of a person not a partner, and the money or property is misapplied by a partner, the partnership is liable for the loss.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 305.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-901 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-901
Law governing
Status: in_force

Subject to the Constitution of this state, the laws of the state under which a foreign limited partnership is organized govern its organization and internal affairs and the liability of its limited partners, and a foreign limited partnership may not be denied registration by reason of any difference between those laws and the laws of this state.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 901.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1102.2 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1102.2
Cancellation of statement of foreign qualification--Contents
Status: in_force

A statement of foreign qualification of limited liability partnership shall be cancelled by filing a statement of cancellation. The statement of cancellation shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and shall set forth:

(1) The name of the limited liability partnership;

(2) The date of filing the statement of foreign qualification of limited liability partnership; and

(3) The reason for filing the statement of cancellation.

Source: SL 2003, ch 234, § 4.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-405 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-405
Voting
Status: in_force

The partnership agreement may grant to all or certain identified general partners the right to vote, on a per capita or any other basis, separately or with all or any class of the limited partners, on any matter.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 405.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-801 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-801
Nonjudicial dissolution
Status: in_force

A limited partnership is dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the happening of the first to occur of the following:

(1) At the time specified in the certificate of limited partnership;

(2) Upon the happening of events specified in writing in the partnership agreement;

(3) Written consent of all partners;

(4) An event of withdrawal of a general partner unless at the time there is at least one other general partner and the written provisions of the partnership agreement permit the business of the limited partnership to be carried on by the remaining general partner and that partner does so, but the limited partnership is not dissolved and is not required to be wound up by reason of any event of withdrawal if, within ninety days after the withdrawal, all partners agree in writing to continue the business of the limited partnership and to the appointment of one or more additional general partners if necessary or desired; or

(5) Entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under § 48-7-802 .

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 801.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-201 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-201
Content and filing of certificate
Status: in_force

In order to form a limited partnership, a certificate of limited partnership shall be executed and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the Office of the Secretary of State. If the document is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the Office of the Secretary of State may require one exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the document. The certificate shall set forth:

(1) The name of the limited partnership;

(2) The information required by § 59-11-6 ;

(3) The name and the business address of each general partner;

(4) The latest date upon which the limited partnership is to dissolve; and

(5) Any other matters the general partners determine to include therein.

A limited partnership is formed at the time of the filing of the certificate of limited partnership in the Office of the Secretary of State or at any later time specified in the certificate of limited partnership if, in either case, there has been substantial compliance with the requirements of this section.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 201; SL 1990, ch 370, § 2; SL 2006, ch 228, § 10; SL 2008, ch 275, § 82; SL 2012, ch 222, § 19.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-703 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-703
Rights of judgment creditor--Exclusive remedy
Status: in_force

On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any judgment creditor of a partner, the court may charge the partnership interest of the partner with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so charged, the judgment creditor has only the rights of an assignee of the partnership interest. This chapter does not deprive any partner of the benefit of any exemption laws applicable to the partner's partnership interest.

This section provides the exclusive remedy that a judgment creditor of a general or limited partner or of the general or limited partner's assignee may use to satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's interest in the partnership. No other remedy, including foreclosure on the general or limited partner's partnership interest or a court order for directions, accounts, and inquiries that the debtor, general or limited partner might have made, is available to the judgment creditor attempting to satisfy the judgment out of the judgment debtor's interest in the limited partnership. No creditor of a partner or a partner's assignee has any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of the partnership.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 703; SL 2007, ch 263, § 1; SL 2009, ch 234, § 4.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-502 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-502
Liability for contribution
Status: in_force

No promise by a limited partner to contribute to the limited partnership is enforceable unless set out in a writing signed by the limited partner.

Except as provided in the partnership agreement, a partner is obligated to the limited partnership to perform any enforceable promise to contribute cash or property or to perform services, even if he is unable to perform because of death, disability or any other reason. If a partner does not make the required contribution of property or services, he is obligated at the option of the limited partnership to contribute cash equal to that portion of the value, as stated in the partnership records required to be kept pursuant to § 48-7-105 , of the stated contribution that has not been made.

Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, the obligation of a partner to make a contribution or return money or other property paid or distributed in violation of this chapter may be compromised only by consent of all the partners. Notwithstanding the compromise, a creditor of a limited partnership who extends credit or otherwise acts in reliance on that obligation after the partner signs a writing which reflects the obligation and before the amendment or cancellation thereof to reflect the compromise may enforce the original obligation.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 502.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-206 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-206
Filing in Office of Secretary of State
Status: in_force

The original certificate of limited partnership or of any certificate of amendment or cancellation, or of any judicial decree of amendment or cancellation, shall be delivered to the secretary of state. A person who executes a certificate as an agent or fiduciary need not exhibit evidence of the person's authority as a prerequisite to filing. Unless the secretary of state finds that any certificate does not conform to law, upon receipt of all filing fees required by law the secretary of state shall:

(1) Endorse on the original, Filed, and the day, month, and year of the filing thereof; and

(2) File the original in the office; and

(3) Return a copy to the person who filed it or the person's representative.

Upon the filing of a certificate of amendment or judicial decree of amendment in the Office of the Secretary of State, the certificate of limited partnership is amended as provided in the certificate. Upon the effective date of a certificate of cancellation, or a judicial decree thereof, the certificate of limited partnership is cancelled.

Delivery of a certificate may be filed by electronic transmission as permitted by the Office of the Secretary of State. If the certificate is filed in a typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the Office of the Secretary of State may require one exact or conforming copy of the certificate to be delivered with the original certificate.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 206; SL 1990, ch 370, § 3; SL 2013, ch 234, § 1.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1101 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1101
Law governing foreign limited liability partnership
Status: in_force

(a) The law under which a foreign limited liability partnership is formed governs relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership and the liability of partners for obligations of the partnership.

(b) A foreign limited liability partnership may not be denied a statement of foreign qualification by reason of any difference between the law under which the partnership was formed and the law of this state.

(c) A statement of foreign qualification does not authorize a foreign limited liability partnership to engage in any business or exercise any power that a partnership may not engage in or exercise in this state as a limited liability partnership.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1101.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-203 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-203
Cancellation of certificate
Status: in_force

A certificate of limited partnership shall be cancelled upon the dissolution and the commencement of winding up of the partnership or at any other time there are no limited partners. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the Office of the Secretary of State. If the document is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the Office of the Secretary of State may require one exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the document. A certificate of cancellation shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and set forth:

(1) The name of the limited partnership;

(2) The date of filing of its certificate of limited partnership;

(3) The reason for filing the certificate of cancellation;

(4) The effective date, which shall be a date certain, of cancellation if it is not to be effective upon the filing of the certificate; and

(5) Any other information the general partners filing the certificate determine.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 203; SL 2012, ch 222, § 21.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-908 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-908
Nonexclusive
Status: in_force

This Article is not exclusive. Partnerships or limited partnerships may be converted or merged in any other manner provided by law.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 908.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-804 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-804
Distribution of assets
Status: in_force

Upon the winding up of a limited partnership, the assets shall be distributed as follows:

(1) To creditors, including partners who are creditors, to the extent permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the limited partnership other than liabilities for distributions to partners under § 48-7-601 or 48-7-604 ;

(2) Except as provided in the partnership agreement, to partners and former partners in satisfaction of liabilities for distributions under § 48-7-601 or 48-7-604 ; and

(3) Except as provided in the partnership agreement, to partners first for the return of their contributions and secondly respecting their partnership interests, in the proportions in which the partners share in distributions.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 804.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-1105 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-1105
Rules for cases not provided for in this chapter
Status: in_force

In any case not provided for in this chapter the provisions of the Uniform Partnership Act govern.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 1105.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-1004 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-1004
Expenses
Status: in_force

If a derivative action is successful, in whole or in part, or if anything is received by the plaintiff as a result of a judgment, compromise, or settlement of an action or claim, the court may award the plaintiff reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, and shall direct him to remit to the limited partnership the remainder of those proceeds received by him.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 1004.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-206.2 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-206.2
Effect of filing
Status: in_force

The secretary of state's duty to file documents under this chapter is ministerial. His filing or refusing to file a document does not:

(1) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part;

(2) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or

(3) Create a presumption that the document is either valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is either correct or incorrect.

Source: SL 1990, ch 370, § 10.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-106 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-106
Nature of business
Status: in_force

A limited partnership may carry on any business that a partnership without limited partners may carry on.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 106.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1105 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1105
Action by attorney general
Status: in_force

The attorney general may maintain an action to restrain a foreign limited liability partnership from transacting business in this state in violation of this article.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1105.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-607 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-607
Limitations on distribution
Status: in_force

A partner may not receive a distribution from a limited partnership to the extent that, after giving effect to the distribution, all liabilities of the limited partnership, other than liabilities to partners on account of their partnership interests, exceed the fair value of the partnership assets.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 607.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1202 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1202
Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Partnership Act (1997).

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1202.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-403 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-403
Partner's rights and duties with respect to information
Status: in_force

(a) A partnership shall keep its books and records, if any, at its chief executive office.

(b) A partnership shall provide partners and their agents and attorneys access to its books and records. It shall provide former partners and their agents and attorneys access to books and records pertaining to the period during which they were partners. The right of access provides the opportunity to inspect and copy books and records during ordinary business hours. A partnership may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of documents furnished.

(c) Each partner and the partnership shall furnish to a partner, and to the legal representative of a deceased partner or partner under legal disability:

(1) Without demand, any information concerning the partnership's business and affairs reasonably required for the proper exercise of the partner's rights and duties under the partnership agreement or this chapter; and

(2) On demand, any other information concerning the partnership's business and affairs, except to the extent the demand or the information demanded is unreasonable or otherwise improper under the circumstances.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 403.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-308 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-308
Liability of purported partner
Status: in_force

(a) If a person, by words or conduct, purports to be a partner, or consents to being represented by another as a partner, in a partnership or with one or more persons not partners, the purported partner is liable to a person to whom the representation is made, if that person, relying on the representation, enters into a transaction with the actual or purported partnership. If the representation, either by the purported partner or by a person with the purported partner's consent, is made in a public manner, the purported partner is liable to a person who relies upon the purported partnership even if the purported partner is not aware of being held out as a partner to the claimant. If partnership liability results, the purported partner is liable with respect to that liability as if the purported partner were a partner. If no partnership liability results, the purported partner is liable with respect to that liability jointly and severally with any other person consenting to the representation.

(b) If a person is thus represented to be a partner in an existing partnership, or with one or more persons not partners, the purported partner is an agent of persons consenting to the representation to bind them to the same extent and in the same manner as if the purported partner were a partner, with respect to persons who enter into transactions in reliance upon the representation. If all of the partners of the existing partnership consent to the representation, a partnership act or obligation results. If fewer than all of the partners of the existing partnership consent to the representation, the person acting and the partners consenting to the representation are jointly and severally liable.

(c) A person is not liable as a partner merely because the person is named by another in a statement of partnership authority.

(d) A person does not continue to be liable as a partner merely because of a failure to file a statement of dissociation or to amend a statement of partnership authority to indicate the partner's dissociation from the partnership.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) and (b), persons who are not partners as to each other are not liable as partners to other persons.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 308.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1201 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1201
Uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1201.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-505 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-505
Satisfaction of judgment out of judgment debtor's transferable interest in limited liability partnership
Status: in_force

(a) On application by a judgment creditor of a partner in a limited liability partnership or of a partner's transferee, and following notice to the limited liability partnership of the application, a court having jurisdiction may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor to satisfy the judgment.

(b) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor's transferable interest in the limited liability partnership.

(c) An interest which is charged may be redeemed:

(1) By the judgment debtor;

(2) With property other than the limited liability partnership's property, by one or more of the other partners; or

(3) With the partnership's property, but only if permitted by the partnership agreement.

(d) This chapter does not deprive a partner of a right under exemption laws with respect to the partner's transferable interest in the partnership.

(e) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a partner in a limited liability partnership or partner's transferee may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's transferable interest in the limited liability partnership. No other remedy, including foreclosure of the partner's transferable interest or a court order for directions, accounts, and inquiries that the debtor partner might have made, is available to the judgment creditor attempting to satisfy the judgment out of the judgment debtor's interest in the limited liability partnership.

(f) No creditor of a partner in a limited liability partnership, or a partner's assignee, has any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the property of a limited liability partnership.

Source: SL 2015, ch 229, § 1.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-101 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-101
Definitions
Status: in_force

Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) "Certificate of limited partnership," the certificate referred to in § 48-7-201 , and the certificate as amended or restated;

(2) "Contribution," any cash, property, services rendered, or a promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services, which a partner contributes to a limited partnership in the partner's capacity as a partner;

(3) "Event of withdrawal of a general partner," an event that causes a person to cease to be a general partner as provided in § 48-7-402 ;

(4) "Foreign limited partnership," a partnership formed under the laws of any state other than South Dakota and having as partners one or more general partners and one or more limited partners;

(5) "General partner," a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner;

(6) "Limited partner," a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the partnership agreement;

(7) "Limited partnership" and "domestic limited partnership," a partnership formed by two or more persons under the laws of South Dakota and having one or more general partners and one or more limited partners;

(8) "Partner," a limited or general partner;

(9) "Partnership agreement," any valid agreement written or oral, of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business;

(10) "Partnership interest," a partner's share of the profits and losses of a limited partnership and the right to receive distributions of partnership assets;

(11) "Person," a natural person, partnership, limited partnership (domestic or foreign), trust, estate, association, limited liability company (domestic or foreign), or corporation;

(12) "State," a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 101; SL 1994, ch 351, § 131.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-401 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-401
Partner's rights and duties
Status: in_force

(a) Each partner is deemed to have an account that is:

(1) Credited with an amount equal to the money plus the value of any other property, net of the amount of any liabilities, the partner contributes to the partnership and the partner's share of the partnership profits; and

(2) Charged with an amount equal to the money plus the value of any other property, net of the amount of any liabilities, distributed by the partnership to the partner and the partner's share of the partnership losses.

(b) Each partner is entitled to an equal share of the partnership profits and is chargeable with a share of the partnership losses in proportion to the partner's share of the profits.

(c) A partnership shall reimburse a partner for payments made and indemnify a partner for liabilities incurred by the partner in the ordinary course of the business of the partnership or for the preservation of its business or property.

(d) A partnership shall reimburse a partner for an advance to the partnership beyond the amount of capital the partner agreed to contribute.

(e) A payment or advance made by a partner which gives rise to a partnership obligation under subsection (c) or (d) constitutes a loan to the partnership which accrues interest from the date of the payment or advance.

(f) Each partner has equal rights in the management and conduct of the partnership business.

(g) A partner may use or possess partnership property only on behalf of the partnership.

(h) A partner is not entitled to remuneration for services performed for the partnership, except for reasonable compensation for services rendered in winding up the business of the partnership.

(i) A person may become a partner only with the consent of all of the partners.

(j) A difference arising as to a matter in the ordinary course of business of a partnership may be decided by a majority of the partners. An act outside the ordinary course of business of a partnership and an amendment to the partnership agreement may be undertaken only with the consent of all of the partners.

(k) This section does not affect the obligations of a partnership to other persons under § 48 - 7A - 301.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 401.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-803 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-803
Right to wind up partnership business
Status: in_force

(a) After dissolution, a partner who has not wrongfully dissociated may participate in winding up the partnership's business, but on application of any partner, partner's legal representative, or transferee, the circuit court, for good cause shown, may order judicial supervision of the winding up.

(b) The legal representative of the last surviving partner may wind up a partnership's business.

(c) A person winding up a partnership's business may preserve the partnership business or property as a going concern for a reasonable time, prosecute and defend actions and proceedings, whether civil, criminal, or administrative, settle and close the partnership's business, dispose of and transfer the partnership's property, discharge the partnership's liabilities, distribute the assets of the partnership pursuant to § 48 - 7A - 807, settle disputes by mediation or arbitration, and perform other necessary acts.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 803.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-404 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-404
General standards of partner's conduct
Status: in_force

(a) The only fiduciary duties a partner owes to the partnership and the other partners are the duty of loyalty and the duty of care set forth in subsections (b) and (c).

(b) A partner's duty of loyalty to the partnership and the other partners is limited to the following:

(1) To account to the partnership and hold as trustee for it any property, profit, or benefit derived by the partner in the conduct and winding up of the partnership business or derived from a use by the partner of partnership property, including the appropriation of a partnership opportunity;

(2) To refrain from dealing with the partnership in the conduct or winding up of the partnership business as or on behalf of a party having an interest adverse to the partnership; and

(3) To refrain from competing with the partnership in the conduct of the partnership business before the dissolution of the partnership.

(c) A partner's duty of care to the partnership and the other partners in the conduct and winding up of the partnership business is limited to refraining from engaging in grossly negligent or reckless conduct, intentional misconduct, or a knowing violation of law.

(d) A partner shall discharge the duties to the partnership and the other partners under this chapter or under the partnership agreement and exercise any rights consistently with the obligation of good faith and fair dealing.

(e) A partner does not violate a duty or obligation under this chapter or under the partnership agreement merely because the partner's conduct furthers the partner's own interest.

(f) A partner may lend money to and transact other business with the partnership, and as to each loan or transaction the rights and obligations of the partner are the same as those of a person who is not a partner, subject to other applicable law.

(g) This section applies to a person winding up the partnership business as the personal or legal representative of the last surviving partner as if the person were a partner.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 404.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-903 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-903
Issuance of registration
Status: in_force

If the secretary of state finds that an application for registration conforms to law and all requisite fees have been paid, he shall:

(1) Endorse on the original and on the copy of the application the word "Filed," and the month, day, and year of the filing thereof;

(2) File in his office the original of the application; and

(3) Issue a certificate of registration to transact business in this state.

The certificate of registration, together with the copy of the application, shall be returned to the person who filed the application or his representative.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 903; SL 1990, ch 370, § 6.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-101 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-101
Definitions
Status: in_force

In this chapter:

(1) "Business" includes every trade, occupation, and profession;

(2) "Debtor in bankruptcy" means a person who is the subject of:

(i) An order for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or a comparable order under a successor statute of general application; or

(ii) A comparable order under federal, state, or foreign law governing insolvency;

(3) "Distribution" means a transfer of money or other property from a partnership to a partner in the partner's capacity as a partner or to the partner's transferee;

(4) "Foreign limited liability partnership" means a partnership that:

(i) Is formed under laws other than the laws of this state; and

(ii) Has the status of a limited liability partnership under those laws;

(5) "Limited liability partnership" means a partnership that has filed a statement of qualification under § 48 - 7A - 1001 and does not have a similar statement in effect in any other jurisdiction;

(6) "Partnership" means an association of two or more persons to carry on as co - owners a business for profit formed under § 48 - 7A - 202, predecessor law, or comparable law of another jurisdiction;

(7) "Partnership agreement" means the agreement, whether written, oral, or implied, among the partners concerning the partnership, including amendments to the partnership agreement;

(8) "Partnership at will" means a partnership in which the partners have not agreed to remain partners until the expiration of a definite term or the completion of a particular undertaking;

(9) "Partnership interest" or "partner's interest in the partnership" means all of a partner's interests in the partnership, including the partner's transferable interest and all management and other rights;

(10) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity;

(11) "Property" means all property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein;

(12) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States;

(13) "Statement" means a statement of partnership authority under § 48 - 7A - 303, a statement of denial under § 48 - 7A - 304, a statement of dissociation under § 48 - 7A - 704, a statement of dissolution under § 48 - 7A - 805, a statement of merger under § 48 - 7A - 907, a statement of qualification under § 48 - 7A - 1001, a statement of foreign qualification under § 48 - 7A - 1102, or an amendment or cancellation of any of the foregoing;

(14) "Transfer" includes an assignment, conveyance, lease, mortgage, deed, and encumbrance.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 101.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-103 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-103
Effect of partnership agreement, nonwaivable provisions
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership are governed by the partnership agreement. To the extent the partnership agreement does not otherwise provide, this chapter governs relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership.

(b) The partnership agreement may not:

(1) Vary the rights and duties under § 48 - 7A - 105 except to eliminate the duty to provide copies of statements to all of the partners;

(2) Unreasonably restrict the right of access to books and records under subsection 48 - 7A - 403(b);

(3) Eliminate the duty of loyalty under subsection 48 - 7A - 404(b) or subsection 48 - 7A - 603(b)(3), but:

(i) The partnership agreement may identify specific types or categories of activities that do not violate the duty of loyalty, if not manifestly unreasonable; or

(ii) All of the partners or a number or percentage specified in the partnership agreement may authorize or ratify, after full disclosure of all material facts, a specific act or transaction that otherwise would violate the duty of loyalty;

(4) Unreasonably reduce the duty of care under subsection 48 - 7A - 404(c) or subsection 48 - 7A - 603(b)(3);

(5) Eliminate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing under subsection 48 - 7A - 404(d), but the partnership agreement may prescribe the standards by which the performance of the obligation is to be measured, if the standards are not manifestly unreasonable;

(6) Vary the power to dissociate as a partner under subsection 48 - 7A - 602(a), except to require the notice under subsection 48 - 7A - 601(1) to be in writing;

(7) Vary the right of a court to expel a partner in the events specified in subsection 48 - 7A - 601(5);

(8) Vary the requirement to wind up the partnership business in cases specified in subsection 48 - 7A - 801(4), (5), or (6);

(9) Vary the law applicable to a limited liability partnership under subsection 48 - 7A - 106(b); or

(10) Restrict rights of third parties under this chapter.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 103.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-404 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-404
Contributions by general partner
Status: in_force

A general partner of a limited partnership may make contributions to the partnership and share in the profits and losses of, and in distributions from, the limited partnership as a general partner. A general partner also may make contributions to and share in profits, losses, and distributions as a limited partner. A person who is both a general partner and a limited partner has the rights and powers, and is subject to the restrictions and liabilities, of a general partner and, except as provided in the partnership agreement, also has the powers, and is subject to the restrictions, of a limited partner to the extent of his participation in the partnership as a limited partner.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 404.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-1102 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-1102
Statement of foreign qualification
Status: in_force

(a) Before transacting business in this state, a foreign limited liability partnership must file a statement of foreign qualification in the Office of the Secretary of State. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the Office of the Secretary of State. If the document is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the Office of the Secretary of State may require one exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the document. The statement must contain:

(1) The name of the foreign limited liability partnership which satisfies the requirements of the state or other jurisdiction under whose law it is formed and ends with "Registered Limited Liability Partnership," "Limited Liability Partnership," "R.L.L.P.," "L.L.P.," "RLLP," or "LLP";

(2) The street address of the partnership's chief executive office;

(3) The information required by § 59-11-6 ; and

(4) A deferred effective date, if any.

(b) Repealed by SL 2008, ch 275, § 87.

(c) The status of a partnership as a foreign limited liability partnership is effective on the later of the filing of the statement of foreign qualification or a date specified in the statement. The status remains effective, regardless of changes in the partnership, until it is canceled pursuant to subsection 48-7A-105(d) or revoked pursuant to § 48-7A-1003 .

(d) An amendment or cancellation of a statement of foreign qualification is effective when it is filed or on a deferred effective date specified in the amendment or cancellation.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 1102; SL 2008, ch 275, § 87; SL 2012, ch 222, § 26.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-406 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-406
Continuation of partnership beyond definite term or particular undertaking
Status: in_force

(a) If a partnership for a definite term or particular undertaking is continued, without an express agreement, after the expiration of the term or completion of the undertaking, the rights and duties of the partners remain the same as they were at the expiration or completion, so far as is consistent with a partnership at will.

(b) If the partners, or those of them who habitually acted in the business during the term or undertaking, continue the business without any settlement or liquidation of the partnership, they are presumed to have agreed that the partnership will continue.

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 406.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7-1102 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7 / Section 48-7-1102
Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Limited Partnership Act.

Source: SL 1986, ch 391, § 1102.
S.D. Codified Laws § 48-7A-907 — SD Code / Title 48 / Chapter 7A / Section 48-7A-907
Statement of merger
Status: in_force

(a) After a merger, the surviving partnership or limited partnership may file in the Office of the Secretary of State a statement that one or more partnerships or limited partnerships have merged into the surviving entity.

(b) A statement of merger must contain:

(1) The name of each partnership or limited partnership that is a party to the merger;

(2) The name of the surviving entity into which the other partnerships or limited partnership were merged;

(3) The street address of the surviving entity's chief executive office and of an office in this state, if any; and

(4) Whether the surviving entity is a partnership or a limited partnership.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), for the purposes of § 48 - 7A - 302, property of the surviving partnership or limited partnership which before the merger was held in the name of another party to the merger is property held in the name of the surviving entity upon filing a statement of merger.

(d) For the purposes of § 48 - 7A - 302, real property of the surviving partnership or limited partnership which before the merger was held in the name of another party to the merger is property held in the name of the surviving entity upon recording a certified copy of the statement of merger in the office for recording transfers of that real property.

(e) A filed and, if appropriate, recorded statement of merger, executed and declared to be accurate pursuant to subsection 48 - 7A - 105(c), stating the name of a partnership or limited partnership that is a party to the merger in whose name property was held before the merger and the name of the surviving entity, but not containing all of the other information required by subsection (b), operates with respect to the partnerships or limited partnerships named to the extent provided in subsections (c) and (d).

Source: SL 2001, ch 249, § 907.