# S.D. Admin. R. 20:36:03:02: ARSD 20:36:03:02. Eligibility to qualify partnership, corporation, and other firm

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## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Admin. R. 20:36:03:02
- **Heading:** ARSD 20:36:03:02. Eligibility to qualify partnership, corporation, and other firm
- **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Administrative Rules of South Dakota / Title 20 / Article 20:36 ABSTRACTERS / Chapter 20:36:03 Registration procedure / ARSD 20:36:03:02

## Text

If the applicant for registration seeks registration for the purpose of qualifying a partnership, corporation, or other permitted firm to engage in abstracting, the applicant must have the qualifications provided in § 20:36:03:01, and show by notarized signature either in the application for registration or by separate document to be filed with the board that the applicant or some other legally registered abstracter will have personal contact with or responsible supervision of the operations of the partnership, corporation, or firm at all times. No partnership, corporation, or firm that is not registered prior to the effective date of these rules shall be qualified for registration unless its eligibility is established as provided by this section. No partnership subject to SDCL 37-11-1, the fictitious names statute, shall be qualified until the partnership has met the requirements of that section.

## Nearby sections

- [S.D. Admin. R. 20:36:03:01 ARSD 20:36:03:01. Eligibility](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_ARSD_T20_A36_C03_S01.md)
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