Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in South Dakota and North Dakota

March 17, 2025 Podcast
EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource

Welcome to EO Radio Show - Your Nonprofit Legal Resource. I'm Cynthia Rowland, and EO Radio Show episode 115 is the 19th in a series of quick tip episodes focusing on the details of state registration of nonprofit corporations. With the help of Joe Hilliard, we will look at the basic state filing requirements for nonprofit corporations operating in South Dakota and North Dakota.

In previous episodes, we talked about filing in Delaware and California, which are the most frequently used by our clients, most of whom have a connection with California. Other episodes have focused on the state filings in Nevada and Arizona, Washington State and Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii, New York and New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine and Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Florida and Louisiana, North and South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, DC, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, and last month, Wisconsin and Minnesota.

You can find all the prior episodes on our website or the Farella YouTube channel, where there is a playlist just for state filing requirements. We'll work our way through the rest of the states in future episodes.

Show Notes:

Farella YouTube podcast channel

South Dakota:

South Dakota Secretary of State Business Services Home Page: https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Default.aspx

South Dakota Current Entity Search: https://sosenterprise.sd.gov/BusinessServices/Business/FilingSearch.aspx

South Dakota Business Entity FAQ: https://sdsos.gov/business-services/corporations/contact.aspx

South Dakota Nonprofit Corporations Forms Index and Instructions: https://sdsos.gov/business-services/corporations/corporate-forms/nonprofit-corporations.aspx

South Dakota Domestic Nonprofit Articles: https://sdsos.gov/docs/business/nonprofitarticlesofincorporation20180215.pdf

South Dakota Non-Stock Application for Certificate of Authority Foreign Nonprofit Corporation Form: https://sdsos.gov/docs/business/nonprofitforeigncertificateofauthority20180215.pdf

South Dakota Fees (note this still says of 2016 on their website: https://sdsos.gov/general-information/filing-fees.aspx

South Dakota Domestic Nonprofit Annual Report Form: https://sdsos.gov/docs/business/nonprofitdomesticannualreport20240701.pdf

South Dakota Foreign Nonprofit Annual Report Form: https://sdsos.gov/docs/business/nonprofitforeignannualreport20240701.pdf

South Dakota Consumer Protection Office of the Attorney General Charity FAQ: https://consumer.sd.gov/fastfacts/charity.aspx

South Dakota Department of Revenue Exempt Entities FAQ: https://dor.sd.gov/media/sgxnhnhl/exemptentities.pdf

North Dakota:

North Dakota Secretary of State Business and Charitable Organizations Home Page: https://firststop.sos.nd.gov/

North Dakota Secretary of State current entity database: https://firststop.sos.nd.gov/search/business

North Dakota Forms Page: https://firststop.sos.nd.gov/forms/business

North Dakota Secretary of State Nonprofit Services FAQ: https://www.sos.nd.gov/business/nonprofit-services

North Dakota Secretary of State Nonprofit Organizations Guide: https://www.sos.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/business/nonprofit-guide.pdf

North Dakota Nonprofit FAQ: https://www.sos.nd.gov/business/nonprofit-services/register-nonprofit/north-dakota-nonprofit

North Dakota Out of State Nonprofit registration FAQ: https://www.sos.nd.gov/business/nonprofit-services/register-nonprofit/out-state-nonprofit

North Dakota Maintaining a Nonprofit FAQ: https://www.sos.nd.gov/business/nonprofit-services/maintain-nonprofit

North Dakota Office of State Tax Commission Sales Tax FAQ: https://www.tax.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/guidelines/business/sales-use/guideline-exempt-organizations.pdf

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