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SD Codified L § 16-1A-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 01A - Commission On Judicial Qualifications|Section 16-1A-8 - Employment of personnel by commission--Compensation of witnesses--Counsel.

16-1A-8. Employment of personnel by commission--Compensation of witnesses--Counsel.The commission may employ officers, assistants, and other employees which it considers necessary for the performance of the duties and exercise of the powers conferred upon the commission, it may arrange for and compensate medical and other experts and reporters, may arrange for the attendance of witnesses, including witnesses not subject to subpoena, and may pay from funds available to it all expenses reasonably necessary for effectuating the purposes of S.D. Const., Art. V, §9. The attorney general shall, if requested by the commission, act as its counsel generally or in any particular investigation or proceeding. The commission may employ special counsel from time to time when it considers it necessary. Source: SL 1973, ch 136, §9.
SD Codified L § 16-1A-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 01A - Commission On Judicial Qualifications|Section 16-1A-9 - Recommendations by commission.

16-1A-9. Recommendations by commission.Based upon its findings the Commission on Judicial Qualifications shall make a recommendation either that no further action be taken or that the judge investigated be censured, suspended, removed, or retired. Source: SL 1973, ch 136, §10; Supreme Court Rule 82-5; Supreme Court Rule 84-11.
SD Codified L § 16-1A-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 01A - Commission On Judicial Qualifications|Section 16-1A-10 - Status of judge pending criminal, removal or retirement proceedings.

16-1A-10. Status of judge pending criminal, removal or retirement proceedings.A judge is disqualified from acting as a judge, but shall suffer no loss of salary, while there is pending an indictment or an information charging him with a crime punishable as a felony under South Dakota or federal law, or a recommendation to the Supreme Court by the commission for his removal or retirement. Source: SL 1973, ch 136, §11.
SD Codified L § 16-1A-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 01A - Commission On Judicial Qualifications|Section 16-1A-11 - Participating judge disqualified from sitting in appeal.

16-1A-11. Participating judge disqualified from sitting in appeal.A judge who has participated in proceedings involving a judge may not participate in an appeal involving that judge in that particular matter. Source: SL 1973, ch 136, §14.
SD Codified L § 16-1A-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 01A - Commission On Judicial Qualifications|Section 16-1A-12 - Suspension of judge on conviction of crime--Reversal of conviction--Removal when conviction final.

16-1A-12. Suspension of judge on conviction of crime--Reversal of conviction--Removal when conviction final.On recommendation of the commission or on its own motion, the Supreme Court may suspend a judge from office without salary when he pleads guilty or no contest, or is found guilty of a crime punishable as a felony under South Dakota or federal law, or of any crime that involves moral turpitude. If his conviction is reversed, the suspension shall terminate, and he shall be paid his salary for the period of suspension. If he is suspended and his conviction becomes final the Supreme Court shall remove him from office. Source: SL 1973, ch 136, §12.
SD Codified L § 16-1A-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 01A - Commission On Judicial Qualifications|Section 16-1A-13 - Benefits retained by retired judge--Loss of benefits by removed judge .

16-1A-13. Benefits retained by retired judge--Loss of benefits by removed judge.A judge retired by the Supreme Court shall not by reason thereof lose any benefits to which he may be entitled pursuant to chapter 3-12C. A judge removed by the Supreme Court is permanently ineligible for judicial office and shall be entitled only to a refund of contributions pursuant to §3-12C-602. Source: SL 1973, ch 136, §13; SL 2019, ch 22, §§1, 45.
SD Codified L § 16-1A-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 01A - Commission On Judicial Qualifications|Section 16-1A-15 - Judicial Qualifications Commission to investigate matters referred by Division of Criminal Investigation.

16-1A-15. Judicial Qualifications Commission to investigate matters referred by Division of Criminal Investigation.The Judicial Qualifications Commission shall review and investigate any matter referred to the commission by the Division of Criminal Investigation and may recommend appropriate action. Source: SL 2017, ch 73, §6.
SD Codified L § 16-2-20 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-20 - General supervision of circuit courts by Chief Justice--Purposes.

16-2-20. General supervision of circuit courts by Chief Justice--Purposes.Pursuant to S.D. Const., Art. V, §11 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall have and exercise such general direction and supervision of the work of the circuit courts as deemed necessary to expedite the work of the courts, alleviate congestion, secure prompt disposition of cases, and distribute the work load in the circuits among the judges and between the circuits. Source: SL 1966, ch 114, §11; SDCL, §16-6-20; SL 1973, ch 130, §6.
SD Codified L § 16-2-20.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-20.1 - Quarterly reports of undecided circuit court cases--Submission and transmittal--Discipline for noncompliance.

16-2-20.1. Quarterly reports of undecided circuit court cases--Submission and transmittal--Discipline for noncompliance.Every circuit judge of this state shall on the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year submit a report, on forms as designated by the Supreme Court, to the presiding judge of his or her respective circuit specifying the cases that remain undecided ninety days or more after submission, together with the cases that were under submission for ninety days or more prior to the date they were decided during the reporting period. Such reports shall be transmitted by the Presiding Judges to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court within ten days following the reporting date. For the purpose of this section a matter shall be deemed submitted when the last brief is presented or the time for presenting briefs expires or, in cases in which no briefing schedule has been fixed, when the parties rest. Willful noncompliance with the provisions of this rule shall constitute grounds for discipline under the provisions of Canon 3A(5) of the South Dakota Code of Judicial Conduct and S.D. Const., Art. V, §9. Source: Supreme Court Rule 79-8; Supreme Court Rule 80-18.
SD Codified L § 16-2-21 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-21 - Presiding judges--Appointment--Administrative powers and duties--Court held in each county.

16-2-21. Presiding judges--Appointment--Administrative powers and duties--Court held in each county. The presiding judge in each judicial circuit, to be appointed by the Chief Justice, subject to the rules of the Supreme Court, has administrative supervision and authority over the operation of the circuit courts, the courts of limited jurisdiction, and clerks and other court personnel in the circuit. These powers and duties include the following:(1)Arranging schedules and assigning circuit judges for sessions of circuit courts;(2)Arranging or supervising the calendaring of matters for trial or hearing;(3)Appointing clerks, deputies and other personnel within the circuit to make available their services in every county in the circuit and supervising the personnel in the discharge of their functions;(4)Assigning matters and duties to clerks, and prescribing times and places at which clerks shall be available for the performance of their duties;(5)Making arrangements with proper authorities for the drawing of jury panels and determining which sessions must be jury sessions;(6)Arranging for the reporting of cases by court reporters or other authorized means;(7)Arranging for the orderly disposition of specialized matters, including traffic, domestic relations, and proceedings under chapters 26-7A, 26-8A, 26-8B, and 26-8C;(8)Promulgating a schedule of offenses for which magistrates or other designated persons may accept written appearances, waivers of trial, and pleas of guilty, and establishing a schedule of fines and bails therefor;(9)Assigning to other circuit judges in the circuit various powers and duties in this chapter provided;(10)Periodically reviewing the performance and application by magistrates, clerks and deputy clerks of schedules they are to follow, and correcting, with or without the request of the person affected, erroneous application thereof.The presiding judge shall arrange that a circuit judge is available to hold court in the county seat of each county in the circuit as necessary to distribute the work of the courts, alleviate congestion, and secure the prompt disposition of cases for each county. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §33.1205; SDCL §16-6-19; SL 1973, ch 130, §5; SL 1975, ch 162, §2; SL 1998, ch 113, §1; SL 2011, ch 107, §1; SL 2021, ch 86, § 2.
SD Codified L § 16-2-23.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-23.1 - Fees retained by court reporter.

16-2-23.1. Fees retained by court reporter.Notwithstanding §3-8-3, a court reporter may receive and retain as his own, any fees for taking testimony or preparing transcripts that are authorized by the justice, judge, or magistrate who appointed him. Source: SL 1975, ch 162, §9.
SD Codified L § 16-2-25 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-25 - Counties to provide facilities for clerk.

16-2-25. Counties to provide facilities for clerk.Each county in the state shall provide suitable and adequate facilities for the clerk or any deputy clerk of the circuit court, including the facilities necessary to make the space provided functional for its intended use. Source: SL 1973, ch 130, §8; SDCL Supp, §16-10-2.1; SL 1974, ch 55, §21; SL 1975, ch 162, §4.
SD Codified L § 16-2-25.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-25.1 - Supplies of judge or magistrate provided to unified system.

16-2-25.1. Supplies of judge or magistrate provided to unified system.All furnishings, supplies, and materials owned by a county, municipality, or township, which were used by, or on behalf of, any judge or justice of the peace for the execution of his judicial duties on or before January 7, 1975, or which are purchased after that date for the use of a judge or magistrate, shall be provided to the Unified Judicial System. Source: SL 1975, ch 162, §1.
SD Codified L § 16-2-26 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-26 - Municipalities and townships to provide facilities for magistrates' clerks.

16-2-26. Municipalities and townships to provide facilities for magistrates' clerks.Any municipality or township in the state assigned a magistrate for the principal purpose of providing service to such political subdivisions shall, upon order of the presiding judge of the circuit, provide suitable and adequate quarters for any deputy clerk of the circuit appointed to serve the magistrate, including the facilities necessary to make the space provided functional for its intended use. Source: SL 1973, ch 130, §9; SDCL Supp, §16-10-2.2; SL 1974, ch 55, §22; SL 1975, ch 162, §5.
SD Codified L § 16-2-27 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-27 - Continuing duties of clerks of court.

16-2-27. Continuing duties of clerks of court.The duly elected or appointed clerks of courts shall continue to perform duties as follows:(1)Duties, nonjudicial in nature, required by law to be performed until transferred by the Legislature to other appropriate officers, or until such duties are abolished, provided that in such event provision will be made for the transfer of all books and records as may be appropriate to carry out the intent of any such action; and(2)Judicial duties involving civil, probate, or criminal procedure or remedies, whether heretofore prescribed by law or by rule of the Supreme Court, until further order of the Supreme Court. Source: Supreme Court Order, October 29, 1973.
SD Codified L § 16-2-27.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-27.1 - Passport application duties of clerks--Fees.

16-2-27.1. Passport application duties of clerks--Fees.Clerks of the circuit courts in the counties of Aurora, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Butte, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Corson, Custer, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas, Edmunds, Fall River, Faulk, Grant, Gregory, Haakon, Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Harding, Hutchinson, Hyde, Jackson, Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lincoln, Lyman, Marshall, McCook, McPherson, Mellette, Miner, Moody, Perkins, Potter, Roberts, Sanborn, Spink, Stanley, Sully, Tripp, Turner, Union, Walworth, and Ziebach may assist in the execution of United States passport applications. Any fees collected but not remitted to the United States State Department shall be deposited in the state general fund. Source: Supreme Court Rule 85-10; SL 2008, ch 290 (Supreme Court Rule 08-04), eff. July 1, 2008.
SD Codified L § 16-2-28 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-28 - Accounting system for funds.

16-2-28. Accounting system for funds.The Supreme Court shall by rule provide for an accounting system for the receipting, holding, and disbursement of fines, fees, costs, forfeitures, restitution, bonds, trust funds, support and alimony payments, penalties, assessments, and other funds established by law. Source: SL 1949, ch 32; SDC Supp 1960, §12.1404-1; SDCL, §16-10-5; SL 1982, ch 170, §1; SL 1998, ch 114, §1.
SD Codified L § 16-2-29.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-29.1 - Fees of Supreme Court clerk--No fee in certain cases.

16-2-29.1. Fees of Supreme Court clerk--No fee in certain cases.The clerk of the Supreme Court shall charge the following fees and shall collect them in advance:(1)For each action or proceeding originally commenced in or brought to the Supreme Court by appeal, to be advanced by the party commencing or bringing such action or proceeding, fifty dollars;(2)For each certificate of admission to practice as an attorney and counselor at law, ten dollars;(3)For each copy of any opinion, record or paper from an active file in the clerk's custody, fifty cents per page, provided, however, that the minimum charge shall be two dollars;(4)For each copy of any opinion, record or paper from an inactive file in the clerk's custody, fifty cents per page, provided, however, that the minimum charge shall be five dollars;(5)For facsimile or electronic mail transmission of any opinion, record or paper from an active or inactive file in the clerk's custody, one dollar per page, provided, however, that the minimum charge shall be five dollars.No fee may be required under the provisions of this section in habeas corpus proceedings or in actions or proceedings or appeals brought by the state or agencies thereof, including political subdivisions, or public officials acting on the behalf of any of them. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §§32.0203, 33.0708; SL 1963, ch 225; SDCL §§15-26-7, 16-2-10; SL 1975, ch 161, §1; Supreme Court Rule 85-2; SL 1991, ch 438 (Supreme Court Rule 91-4); SL 2000, ch 262 (Supreme Court Rule 00-8); SL 2011, ch 108, §2.
SD Codified L § 16-2-29.2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-29.2 - Waiver of filing fees and service costs--Motion to court.

16-2-29.2. Waiver of filing fees and service costs--Motion to court.A court may waive the payment of filing fees and service costs accruing by reason of a civil action or proceeding or any criminal proceeding on motion to the court upon the affidavit of the moving party and the entry of an order thereon. Source: SL 1975, ch 161, §2; SL 1982, ch 171, §1; SL 1983, ch 161.
SD Codified L § 16-2-29.3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-29.3 - Waiver of filing fees--Affidavit of inability to pay.

16-2-29.3. Waiver of filing fees--Affidavit of inability to pay.The affidavit required by §16-2-29.2 of the moving party shall state the moving party's inability to pay; the nature of the action, proceeding, or appeal; and a short concise statement of facts upon which the moving party believes he is entitled to redress. Source: SL 1982, ch 171, §2.
SD Codified L § 16-2-29.4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-29.4 - Waiver of filing fees--Dismissal of action if allegation of poverty untrue or action frivolous or malicious.

16-2-29.4. Waiver of filing fees--Dismissal of action if allegation of poverty untrue or action frivolous or malicious.The court may, at any time after filing of the affidavit, dismiss any civil action, proceeding, or appeal if the allegation of poverty is found to be untrue or if satisfied that the action, proceeding, or appeal is frivolous or malicious. Source: SL 1982, ch 171, §3.
SD Codified L § 16-2-29.5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-29.5 - Records search fee.

16-2-29.5. Records search fee.The clerk of court shall charge a records search fee in the amount of twenty dollars for each record search conducted if the search is requested by a person who is not a party named in the action for which the search is being requested. The clerk shall charge a fee of five dollars if the requesting party certifies that the search is being requested in conjunction with a pending state or federal cause of action. A separate fee shall be charged for each name, whether individual or corporate, for which a search is requested. The clerk shall deposit the fee in accordance with §16-2-43. The clerk may not charge a records search fee if the search is requested by an attorney of record or any member of the attorney of record's law firm or staff. Source: SL 1995, ch 115, §2; SL 1997, ch 115, §1; SL 2006, ch 112, §1; SL 2012, ch 113, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
SD Codified L § 16-2-29.6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-29.6 - Electronic searches of money judgments.

16-2-29.6. Electronic searches of money judgments.Electronic searches of the statewide civil money judgment database may be performed by a web-based search for a fee of four dollars for name or date searches and one dollar for judgment docket information. The same information is available on an unlimited basis by bulk users for two thousand five hundred dollars per year or two hundred fifty dollars per month with advance payment. This information will include new civil money judgments and updated judgment information. An initial purchase of twenty years of historical statewide civil money judgment data, which includes all active judgment information to the date of the request, and all inactive judgment information from April19, 2004 to the date of the request, is available for three thousand dollars by contacting the state court administrator's office. The fees will be deposited in accordance with §16-2-43. Source: SL 2006, ch 272 (Supreme Court Rule 05-11), eff. March 31, 2006.
SD Codified L § 16-2-30 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-30 - Clerk to forward fees and costs monthly to county treasurer.

16-2-30. Clerk to forward fees and costs monthly to county treasurer.The clerk of courts shall forward all fees and costs on a monthly basis to the county treasurer for deposit in the county general fund. Source: SL 1889, ch 60, §1; RPolC 1903, §953; RC 1919, §6020; SDC 1939, §12.1404; SDCL, §16-10-6; SL 1982, ch 170, §2.
SD Codified L § 16-2-34 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-34 - Distribution of fines and penalties collected for violation of local ordinances.

16-2-34. Distribution of fines and penalties collected for violation of local ordinances.Thirty-five percent of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected by or through the use of a circuit or magistrate court, clerk, or other court officer for violations of a county, township, municipal or chartered governmental unit's ordinance, charter, or bylaw, shall be paid into the state general fund as provided by chapter 4-3 and sixty-five percent to the appropriate government subdivision treasurer. Source: SL 1974, ch 158, §4; SL 1975, ch 162, §6; SL 1977, ch 177; SL 1983, ch 162, §4.
SD Codified L § 16-2-38 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-38 - Unified Judicial System court automation fund created.

16-2-38. Unified Judicial System court automation fund created.There is hereby created in the state treasury a special fund known as the Unified Judicial System court automation fund. Source: SL 1990, ch 151, §1.
SD Codified L § 16-2-39 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary|Chapter 02 - The Unified Judicial System|Section 16-2-39 - Court automation surcharge--Amount in civil action--Collection.

16-2-39. Court automation surcharge--Amount in civil action--Collection.In each civil action, proceeding for judicial remedy, and probate proceeding, the clerk of courts shall collect the sum of forty dollars as a unified judicial system court automation surcharge. The forty-dollar surcharge does not apply to a small claims action. In each small claims action, the clerk of courts shall collect as a unified judicial system court automation surcharge the sum of twelve dollars if the amount in controversy is less than four thousand dollars and sixteen dollars if the amount in controversy is four thousand dollars or more. The surcharge shall be collected from the plaintiff or person instituting the action or proceeding at the time of filing the first paper. The surcharge shall be collected by the clerk in the manner in which other fees are collected. However, no surcharge may be collected for any petition or motion to modify final orders for child support, child custody, child visitation, or spousal support or in any civil action or proceeding for judicial remedy commenced by the state, a county, a municipality, or a school district. Source: SL 1990, ch 151, §2; SL 1991, ch 170, §1; SL 1999, ch 104, §1; SL 2004, ch 141, §1; SL 2009, ch 102, §2; SL 2010, ch 107, §1, eff. Feb. 25, 2010.