SDCL § 32-6B-51: Copies of notice to be sent to franchisees and other interested persons.

Upon receiving a notice of intention seeking to establish an additional franchise of the same line-make in a particular community, a copy of the notice shall be sent within five days of receipt to all franchisees in the community who are engaged in the business of offering to sell or selling the same line-make. The department may also give a copy of the franchisor's notice to any other party which it considers interested persons.