SDCL § 51A-4-5: Certificate of authority required to engage in banking business--Misdemeanor.

No person, partnership or corporation may advertise, publish or otherwise represent that he is engaged in the business of banking without having first obtained a certificate of authority from the director, as provided in this title. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: SL 1909, ch 222, art 2, § 47; SL 1915, ch 102, art 2, § 51; RC 1919, § 9000; SDC 1939, §§ 6.0403, 6.9905; SDCL, § 51-6-1; SL 1969, ch 11, § 4.2; SL 1980, ch 24, § 85; SL 1988, ch 377, § 80; SDCL, § 51-18-2.