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SD Codified L § 15-14-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-1 - Order of proceedings at trial.

15-14-1. Order of proceedings at trial.In civil jury cases, prior to the jury having been selected and sworn, the court may read a written statement of the case agreed upon by the parties to the prospective jurors. The statement may include a summary of the uncontested facts of the case, the claims of the parties and the issues presented. Any such statement of the case shall be submitted to the parties and agreed to by them before being read to the jury panel. The statement of the case read to the prospective jurors shall become a part of the instructions and charge to the jury except to the extent that justice may require any modification thereof after the evidence has been concluded. The jury shall then be selected and sworn, and the trial shall then proceed in the following order, subject to the right of the court, for good cause shown, otherwise to direct the order of statements, proof, and argument:(1)The court may give such general and preliminary instructions pursuant to §15-6-51, as the court, in its discretion, deems advisable;(2)The plaintiff or party having the burden of proof shall state the issues and the general nature of the evidence he expects to produce in substantiation of the issues by stating what he claims the issuable facts to be, without argument, and without naming or identifying any particular witness or exhibit by which he expects to prove any of such issuable facts unless permitted by the court;(3)The defendant or party not having the burden of proof shall then state the issues and the general nature of the evidence he expects to produce in substantiation of the issues by stating what he claims the issuable facts to be, without argument, and without naming or identifying any particular witness or exhibit by which he expects to prove any of such issuable facts unless permitted by the court;(4)The party having the burden of proof shall then produce and offer before the court and jury the evidence on his part;(5)The opposing party shall then produce and offer before the court and jury his evidence in support of his defense;(6)The party having the burden of proof may then offer rebutting evidence only, and the opposing party may also offer rebutting evidence only, unless the court for good reason, in furtherance of justice, permit them to offer evidence upon their original case;(7)When the evidence is concluded the court shall then settle the instructions and charge the jury;(8)After the court shall have charged the jury, the plaintiff or party having burden of proof may commence and may conclude the argument, the opposing party making his argument between the opening and concluding argument of plaintiff. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1307; SL 1993, ch 389 (Supreme Court Rule 93-6); SL 1999, ch 269; SL 2000, ch 257 (Supreme Court Rule 00-3).
SD Codified L § 15-14-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-2 - Order of presentation of evidence and argument by different counsel.

15-14-2. Order of presentation of evidence and argument by different counsel.If several parties, having separate interests, appear by different counsel, the court must determine their relative order in the evidence and argument. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1307 (10).
SD Codified L § 15-14-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-3 - Names of jurors deposited in suitable container.

15-14-3. Names of jurors deposited in suitable container.At the opening of the court the clerk shall randomly draw the names of the persons summoned as jurors by an electronic process or prepare separate ballots containing the names of the summoned jurors and deposit the ballots in a suitable container. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1308; SL 2003, ch 115, §1.
SD Codified L § 15-14-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-4 - Procedure for challenging jury panel.

15-14-4. Procedure for challenging jury panel.The procedure for challenging a panel of jurors in civil actions or proceedings shall be the same as provided by statute for such challenges in criminal proceedings. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1309.
SD Codified L § 15-14-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-5 - Drawing of names from container.

15-14-5. Drawing of names from container.If an electronic process is not used, the clerk shall, under the direction of the court, publicly draw from the container the appropriate number of ballots to form the jury. Before the name of any juror is drawn, the container shall be closed and the contents shall be intermingled. The clerk shall then, without looking at the ballots, draw them from the container. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1308; SL 2003, ch 115, §2.
SD Codified L § 15-14-6.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-6.1 - Challenges for cause in a civil case.

15-14-6.1. Challenges for cause in a civil case.Challenges for cause may be taken on any of the following grounds:(1)The prospective juror does not meet one of the qualifications required by §16-13-10 or is disqualified under that section;(2)The prospective juror is related by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth degree, as defined by §23A-20-30, to a party in the case;(3)The prospective juror is a member of the family of a party or one of the attorneys in the case;(4)The prospective juror has a relationship of guardian and ward, master and servant, employer and employee, landlord and tenant, or principal and agent with an attorney or a party in the case;(5)The prospective juror is a partner or associate in business with an attorney or a party in the case;(6)The prospective juror is a surety on a bond or an obligation for an attorney or a party in the case;(7)The prospective juror, presently, has a relationship of attorney and client with one of the attorneys in the case or has had such a relationship within one year previously;(8)The prospective juror is an officer, agent, or employee of a corporation, between which corporation and an attorney in the case, the relationship of attorney and client exists;(9)The prospective juror is the spouse of an attorney in the case;(10)The prospective juror is the spouse of any other prospective juror who would be subject to a challenge for cause under this section;(11)The prospective juror previously served as a juror or was a witness in a previous trial between the same parties for the same cause of action;(12)The prospective juror has a pecuniary interest in the outcome of the case, except an interest as a member or citizen of a municipal corporation or other government unit;(13)The prospective juror has knowledge of some or all of the material facts of the case and has an unqualified opinion or belief as to the merits of the case;(14)The prospective juror has a state of mind evincing enmity against, or bias to or against a party in the case;(15)Within two years prior to being summoned, the prospective juror served as a juror in the county during a prior term of jury service pursuant to §16-13-22;(16)The prospective juror has a civil case pending in the county exclusive of small claims actions;(17)If a talesman, the prospective juror applied directly or indirectly to a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or coroner of the county to be summoned for jury duty;(18)A challenge for actual bias showing the existence of a state of mind on the part of a prospective juror, in reference to the case or to a party, that satisfies the court, in the exercise of sound discretion, that the juror cannot try the issue impartially, without prejudice to the substantial rights of the party challenging. Source: SL 1999, ch 277; SL 2002, ch 249, §2.
SD Codified L § 15-14-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-7 - Challenge of individual jurors--Number of peremptory challenges--Alternating by parties.

15-14-7. Challenge of individual jurors--Number of peremptory challenges--Alternating by parties.The challenges are to individual jurors, and are either peremptory or for cause. Each party is entitled to three peremptory challenges. If no peremptory challenges are taken until the panel is full, they must be taken by the parties alternately, commencing with the plaintiff. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1310.
SD Codified L § 15-14-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-8 - Challenges when several parties on one side.

15-14-8. Challenges when several parties on one side.Either party may challenge the jurors, but where there are several parties on either side they must join in a challenge before it can be made, except when the parties on the same side have conflicting interests they must each be allowed to examine and challenge separately, and must each be allowed the number of peremptory challenges provided by law. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1310.
SD Codified L § 15-14-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-9 - Trial of jury challenges for cause--Witnesses.

15-14-9. Trial of jury challenges for cause--Witnesses.Challenges for cause must be tried by the court. The juror challenged and any other person may be examined as a witness on the trial of the challenge. Source: SDC 1939, §33.1311; SL 1951, ch 185.
SD Codified L § 15-14-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-10 - Procedure for peremptory challenges--Replacement of jurors challenged.

15-14-10. Procedure for peremptory challenges--Replacement of jurors challenged.After the panel is filled the parties shall exercise their peremptory challenges. A list of the jurors in the panel shall be made by the clerk and passed first to the plaintiff and then to the defendant, or their respective counsel, and the parties shall exercise their peremptory challenges by crossing out the name of the juror they desire to challenge and noting thereafter that such challenge has been exercised by the plaintiff or defendant, as the case may be. When a peremptory challenge is exercised it shall be announced by the party or attorney exercising it; but the name of the juror challenged need not be announced. Thereupon and before further challenges are exercised, the clerk shall draw another juror and he may be examined for cause and challenges for cause made. The parties shall proceed alternately, exercising their peremptory challenges until the same are exhausted and the jurors then remaining in the box shall be sworn as jurors to try the case. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1312.
SD Codified L § 15-14-10.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-10.1 - Choosing alternate jurors.

15-14-10.1. Choosing alternate jurors.In addition to the method of choosing or seating an alternate juror provided by §15-6-47(b), the judge may choose the alternate jurors by lot, or by such other means as the parties agree on the record. Source: Supreme Court Rule 97-2.
SD Codified L § 15-14-10.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-10.2 - Number of prospective jurors.

15-14-10.2. Number of prospective jurors.When prospective jurors are called for examination, the court may call to the jury box a number of prospective jurors equal to the number of jurors to be impaneled, the number of peremptory challenges allowed the parties, and number of alternates, if any. Source: Supreme Court Rule 97-3.
SD Codified L § 15-14-10.3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-10.3 - Selection of prospective jurors.

15-14-10.3. Selection of prospective jurors.When prospective jurors are called for examination, the court shall allow selection by either §15-14-10.2 or 15-14-10. Source: Supreme Court Rule 97-4.
SD Codified L § 15-14-10.4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-10.4 - Determining manner of exercising peremptory challenge.

15-14-10.4. Determining manner of exercising peremptory challenge.If prospective jurors are called for examination pursuant to §15-14-10.2, the manner of exercising a peremptory challenge shall be as found in §15-14-10.5. If prospective jurors are called for examination pursuant to §15-14-10, the manner of exercising a peremptory challenge shall be as found in §15-14-10. Source: Supreme Court Rule 97-5.
SD Codified L § 15-14-10.5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-10.5 - Exercise of peremptory challenge.

15-14-10.5. Exercise of peremptory challenge.Following examination of the jurors called for examination pursuant to §15-14-10.2, the parties, commencing with the plaintiff, shall alternatively exercise their peremptory challenges on the clerk's list. A peremptory challenge may not be waived. Source: Supreme Court Rule 97-6.
SD Codified L § 15-14-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-11 - Oath of jurors--Affirmation.

15-14-11. Oath of jurors--Affirmation.As soon as the jury is completed, the following oath shall be administered to the jurors.Do you, and each of you, swear or affirm that you will fairly hear the matters in dispute and render a verdict according to the evidence and the instructions of the court, so help you God? Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1313; SL 2007, ch 131, §1.
SD Codified L § 15-14-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-12 - Admonitions by court on separation of jury.

15-14-12. Admonitions by court on separation of jury.Whenever the jurors are permitted to separate, they shall be admonished by the court as follows: You are reminded that you are not to discuss any aspect of this case among yourselves or with anyone else and that you should not form or express any opinion on the case until it is given to you for decision. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1320; SL 2007, ch 149, §2.
SD Codified L § 15-14-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-13 - Discharge of juror unable to proceed with trial--Proceedings after discharge.

15-14-13. Discharge of juror unable to proceed with trial--Proceedings after discharge.If after the impaneling of a jury and before a verdict, a juror dies or becomes so sick as to be unable properly to perform his duty, or if a member of the immediate family of a juror dies or becomes so sick as to warrant the discharge of such juror, the court may order him to be discharged. In that case the trial may proceed with the other jurors if the parties so agree, or another juror may be sworn and the trial begin anew, or the jury may be discharged and a new jury then or afterward impaneled. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1326.
SD Codified L § 15-14-14 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-14 - Stenographic report of opening statements not required.

15-14-14. Stenographic report of opening statements not required.The court reporter need not make stenographic report of the opening statements of counsel unless the court shall direct, nor if made shall he include same in the transcript unless requested by the party ordering the transcript. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1307 (3).
SD Codified L § 15-14-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-15 - One counsel on each side to examine witness.

15-14-15. One counsel on each side to examine witness.Unless by leave of court, one counsel only on each side shall be entitled to examine or cross-examine a witness. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1307 (7).
SD Codified L § 15-14-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-16 - View of premises by jury.

15-14-16. View of premises by jury.When in the opinion of the court it is proper for the jury to have a view of the property which is the subject of litigation, or of the place in which any material fact occurred, it may order them to be conducted in a body, under the charge of an officer, to the place which shall be shown to them by some person appointed by the court for that purpose. The jury may be given a view of the property or place while the case is being submitted to them or during their deliberation, or both, as the court may order. While the jury are thus absent, no person, other than the person so appointed, shall speak to them on any subject connected with the trial. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1322.
SD Codified L § 15-14-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-17 - Number of counsel and time allowed for argument to jury.

15-14-17. Number of counsel and time allowed for argument to jury.The number of counsel and the time allowed for argument to the jury shall be determined by the court in each case before the argument is begun. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1321.
SD Codified L § 15-14-18 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-18 - Scope of argument to jury--Argument on law.

15-14-18. Scope of argument to jury--Argument on law.Counsel in arguing the case may argue and comment upon the law as given in the instructions of the court, as well as upon the evidence in the case, but in no case except in trials for libel, shall counsel argue or contend before the jury that the law governing the case is other or different than that settled and given by the trial court in the instructions. The trial court shall strictly enforce this section and §15-14-17. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1321.
SD Codified L § 15-14-19 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-19 - Retirement of jury for deliberation.

15-14-19. Retirement of jury for deliberation.When the case is finally submitted to the jury they may decide in court or retire for deliberation. If they retire, they must be kept together in some convenient place under charge of an officer until they agree upon a verdict or are discharged by the court; provided, that the court may, at its discretion, permit the jurors to separate during the adjournment of court overnight. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1324; Supreme Court Rule No. 5, 1972, effective January 1, 1973.
SD Codified L § 15-14-20 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-20 - Papers, exhibits, and notes taken into jury room.

15-14-20. Papers, exhibits, and notes taken into jury room.Upon retiring for deliberation the jury may take with them all papers which have been received as evidence in the cause, except depositions and such papers and exhibits as ought not, in the opinion of the court, to be taken from the person having them in his possession; and they may also take with them notes of the testimony or other proceedings on the trial taken by themselves, or any of them, but none taken by any other person. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1323.
SD Codified L § 15-14-21 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-21 - Communications to and from jury during deliberations.

15-14-21. Communications to and from jury during deliberations.Unless by order of the court the officer having the jury under his charge must not suffer any communication to be made to them, or make any himself, except to ask them if they have agreed upon a verdict; or to make such communications necessary for their food and maintenance while in his charge; and he must not before their verdict is rendered communicate to any person the state of their deliberations, or the verdict agreed upon. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1324.
SD Codified L § 15-14-22 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-22 - Other business of court during jury deliberations--Case open until jury discharged.

15-14-22. Other business of court during jury deliberations--Case open until jury discharged.While the jury is absent the court may adjourn from time to time, in respect to other business; but it is nevertheless open for every purpose connected with the cause submitted to the jury until a verdict is rendered or the jury discharged. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1336.
SD Codified L § 15-14-23 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-23 - Verdict to include value and damages in action for recovery of personal property.

15-14-23. Verdict to include value and damages in action for recovery of personal property.In an action for the recovery of specific personal property, if the property has not been delivered to the plaintiff, or the defendant, by his answer, claim a return thereof, the jury, if their verdict be in favor of the plaintiff, or, if being in favor of the defendant, they also find that he is entitled to a return thereof, must find the value of the property, and if so instructed, the value of specific portions thereof, and may at the same time assess the damages, if any are claimed in the complaint or answer, which the prevailing party has sustained by reason of the taking or detention of such property. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1332.
SD Codified L § 15-14-24 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-24 - Sealed verdict directed on agreement during adjournment.

15-14-24. Sealed verdict directed on agreement during adjournment.The court may direct the jury to bring in a sealed verdict, at the opening of the court, in case of an agreement during a recess or adjournment for the day. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1336.
SD Codified L § 15-14-25 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-25 - Receipt from jury and reading of verdict--Inquiry--Number of votes required.

15-14-25. Receipt from jury and reading of verdict--Inquiry--Number of votes required.Except in the cases provided for in §15-14-27, when the jury have agreed upon their verdict they must be conducted into court, their names called by the clerk and the verdict rendered by their foreman. The verdict must be in writing, signed by the foreman, and must be read by the clerk to the jury, and the inquiry made whether it is their verdict. If three or more jurors disagree they must be sent out again. If ten of the jury agree to the verdict it shall be the verdict of the jury and so recorded. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1333.
SD Codified L § 15-14-26 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 15 - Civil Procedure|Chapter 14 - Conduct Of Jury Trials|Section 15-14-26 - Polling of jury--Dissenting votes.

15-14-26. Polling of jury--Dissenting votes.If neither party requires the jury to be polled the verdict is complete and the jury discharged from the case. Either party may require the jury to be polled, which is done by the court or clerk asking each juror if it is his verdict. If more than two answer in the negative, except in the cases provided for in §15-14-27, the jury must again be sent out. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1333.