Unauthorized use of another's name in corporate publications--Misdemeanor.

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47-30-8. Unauthorized use of another's name in corporate publications--Misdemeanor.

Any person who, without being authorized so to do, subscribes the name of another to, or inserts the name of another in, a prospectus, circular, or other advertisement or announcement of a corporation or joint stock association, existing or intended to be formed, with intent to permit it to be published, and thereby to lead persons to believe that the person whose name is so subscribed is an officer, agent, member, or promoter of the corporation or association, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Source: SDC 1939, §13.4310; SL 1983, ch 15, §53.


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