Filing articles with secretary of state--Beginning of corporate existence

The original articles of incorporation, duly signed, shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing and recording. The legal corporate existence of a cooperative begins when the articles are so delivered. Source: SDC 1939, § 11.1107 as enacted by SL 1965, ch 23, § 1; SL 1989, ch 390, § 2; SL 2012, ch 222, § 2.