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 also show by notarized signature either in his 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 such partnership, corporation, or firm at all times. No partnership, corporation, or firm not registered prior to the effective date of these rules shall be qualified for registration unless its eligibility is established as herein provided. No partnership subject to SDCL 37-11, the fictitious names statute, shall be qualified until it has complied therewith.
S.D. Admin. R. 20:36:03:02
General Authority: SDCL 36-13-6
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-13-8, 36-13-11.