{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-51a-4-5","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 51A-4-5","heading":"Certificate of authority required to engage in banking business--Misdemeanor.","body":"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.\nSource: 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.","path":["TITLE 51A. BANKS AND BANKING","CHAPTER 51A-4. GENERAL POWERS OF BANKS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/51A-4-5","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"6569f773e575524bfaec4e3cffebbe81f14d02bfa52dc516d10f86394a134b38","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-51a-4-4","next":"us-sd/sdcl-51a-4-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}