South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 5 - Secretary of State › Article 5:04 - Office of the Secretary of State › Chapter 5:04:04 - Uniform Commercial Code, revised Article 9 › Section 5:04:04:29 - Search requests and reports - Rules applied to search requests

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Search results are produced by the application of standardized search logic to the name presented to the filing officer. The following apply to searches:
(1) There is no limit to the number of matches that may be returned in response to the search criteria;
(2) No distinction is made between upper and lower case letters;
(3) Punctuation marks and accents are disregarded; and
(4) Words and abbreviations at the end of a name that indicate the existence or nature of an organization as set forth in the Ending Noise Words. The following words and abbreviations indicate the existence or nature of an entity. These business endings shall be ignored in a UCC search:
IACA List of Ending Noise Words
Agency
Incorporated
Professional Corporation
Association
Inc
Prof Corp
Assn
Limited
PC
Associates
Ltd
Professional Limited Liability Company
Assc
Ltee
Professional Limited Liability Co
Assoc
Limited Liability Company
PLLC
Attorneys at Law
LC
Railroad
Bank
LLC
RR
National Bank
Limited Liability Partnership
Real Estate Investment Trust
Business Trust
LLP
REIT
Charter
Limited Partnership
Registered Limited Liability Partnership
Chartered
LP
RLLP
Company
Medical Doctors Professional Association
Savings Association
Co
MDPA
SA
Corporation
Medical Doctors Professional Corporation
Service Corporation
Corp
MDPC
SC
Credit Union
National Association
Sole Proprietorship
CU
NA
SP
Federal Savings Bank
Partners
SPA
FSB
Partnership
Trust
General Partnership
Professional Association
Trustee
Gen part
Prof Assn
As Trustee
GP
PA
(5) The word "the" at the beginning of the search criteria is disregarded;
(6) All spaces are disregarded;
(7) For first and middle names of individuals, initials are treated as the logical equivalent of each name that begins with such initial, and first name and no middle name or initial is equated with all middle names and initials. For example, a search request for "John A. Smith" shall cause the search to retrieve each filing against each individual debtor with "John" or the initial "J" as the first name, "Smith" as the last name, and with the initial "A" or any name beginning with the letter "A" in the middle name field. If the search request were for "John Smith" (first and last names with no designation in the middle name field), the search shall retrieve each filing against each individual debtor with "John" or the initial "J" as the first name, "Smith" as the last name and with any name or initial or no name or initial in the middle name field; and
(8) After using the preceding rules to modify the name to be searched, the search shall reveal only the name of each debtor that is contained in unlapsed financing statements and exactly match the name requested, as modified.
General Authority:
SDCL  57A-9-526.
Law Implemented:
SDCL  57A-9-525.2.
IACA List of Ending Noise Words
, 2001, International Association of Corporation Administrators.