Most South Dakota HOAs are nonprofit corporations, so governance follows SDCL ch. 47-22 to 47-28. Members may inspect all books and records for any proper purpose under SDCL 47-24-2, an annual meeting is required under SDCL 47-23-4, each member gets one vote (SDCL 47-23-8), and a 10% quorum applies under SDCL 47-23-12. There is no statutory open-board-meeting mandate.
An HOA organized as a nonprofit corporation is governed by the Nonprofit Corporation Act, SDCL ch. 47-22 to 47-28. Under SDCL 47-24-1 each corporation must keep complete books, records of account, and minutes, and SDCL 47-24-2 provides that "all books and records of a corporation may be inspected by any member, or his agent or attorney, for any proper purpose at any reasonable time." An annual members' meeting is required (SDCL 47-23-4); special meetings may be called by the president, the board, or members holding one-twentieth of the voting power (SDCL 47-23-5); written notice runs not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the meeting (SDCL 47-23-7); each member has one vote unless limited (SDCL 47-23-8); and one-tenth of the votes is a quorum (SDCL 47-23-12). There must be at least three directors (SDCL 47-23-14), elected as the articles or bylaws provide (SDCL 47-23-16). The Act imposes no open-board-meeting requirement.
No specific statutory penalty. If a corporation refuses a proper-purpose records inspection under SDCL 47-24-2 or ignores the meeting and notice rules in SDCL 47-23-4 to 47-23-7, a member's recourse is to demand compliance and, if needed, seek a court order compelling it. The Act sets no fine for noncompliance.
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