Section 47-14A-11 - Service of process--Fee if service made on secretary of state. - South Dakota Statutes

47-14A-11. Service of process--Fee if service made on secretary of state. Service of process shall be effected by serving the South Dakota trustee or registered agent of such business trust required by § 47-14A-30 (or, if there is none, the secretary of state) with one copy of such process in the manner provided by law for service of writs of summons. In the event service is made upon the secretary of state, the plaintiff shall pay to the secretary of state the sum of fifty dollars for the use of the state, which sum shall be taxed as part of the costs of the proceeding if the plaintiff shall prevail therein.

Source: SL 2001, ch 245, § 11.