# S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-15-1: Voluntary liquidation--Requirements for approval

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## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-15-1
- **Heading:** Voluntary liquidation--Requirements for approval
- **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SD Code / Title 51A / Chapter 15 / Section 51A-15-1

## Text

Any bank may file an application with the commission to voluntarily liquidate and dissolve. Such application may be approved by the commission upon finding:

(1) The proposal to liquidate and dissolve has been approved by a vote of two - thirds of the outstanding voting stock at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such action.

(2) The bank is solvent and has sufficient liquid assets to forthwith pay off depositors and creditors.

Source: SL 1969, ch 11, § 13.1; SL 1970, ch 265, § 60; SL 1988, ch 377, § 163; SDCL, § 51-27-1.

## Nearby sections

- [S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-15-1 Voluntary liquidation--Requirements for approval](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T51A_C15_S51A-15-1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-15-2 Ceasing to do business and winding up affairs on voluntary liquidation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T51A_C15_S51A-15-2.md)
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- [S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-15-4 Resignation of fiduciary positions and settlement of accounts on voluntary liquidation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T51A_C15_S51A-15-4.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-15-5 Disposition of safe deposit on voluntary liquidation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T51A_C15_S51A-15-5.md)
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- [S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-15-7 Distribution of assets after discharge of obligations on voluntary liquidation--Disposition of unclaimed distributions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T51A_C15_S51A-15-7.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-15-8 Authority of director to take possession of bank in voluntary liquidation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T51A_C15_S51A-15-8.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-15-9 Reports of progress in voluntary liquidation--Order and certificate of dissolution](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T51A_C15_S51A-15-9.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-15-10 Cancellation of voluntary liquidation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T51A_C15_S51A-15-10.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-15-11 Director's authority to suspend activities and take possession of bank--Grounds](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T51A_C15_S51A-15-11.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 51A-15-12 "Insolvent" defined](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T51A_C15_S51A-15-12.md)
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