South Dakota Attorney General Opinions

Official Opinion Concerning SDCL Chapters 46A-2, ‑3A, and ‑3E.

Official Opinion Concerning Public School Construction Contracts

Official Opinion Concerning City Ordinance 32.08

Official Opinion Concerning Campaign Expenditures for Childcare and Security Expenses

Official Opinion Concerning 2025 HB 1130

Official Opinion Concerning Legality of Selling THC-Infused Beverages or Products in a Municipally-Owned Liquor Store

Official Opinion Concerning Law Enforcement Jurisdictional Arrest Authority

Official Opinion Concerning SDCL §§ 12-4-37 and 12-4-41

Official Opinion Concerning the Use of a Data Matching Process to Locate Owners of Unclaimed Property

Official Opinion Concerning the Formation of Overlapping Road Districts

Official Opinion Concerning Whether a County Employee Elected to a School Board Poses a Conflict of Interest

Official Opinion Concerning Residency for Purposes of State Video Lottery Regulations

Official Opinion Concerning the Ability of Full-Time State’s Attorneys to Engage in the Private Practice of Law

Official Opinion Concerning Voting in Road District Elections

Regulation of Slap Fighting Contests by the South Dakota Athletic Commission

Official Opinion Concerning Aldermen Access to City Employee Timecards

Official Opinion Concerning Calculation of Petition Signatures under SDCL 34A-5-42, and Tolling of the Statute of Limitations under SDCL 34A-5-44

Adoption of Ranked Choice or Approval Voting by Home-Rule-Chartered Municipality

Potential Division of Jefferson Township in Union County

Anonymity of Sexual Assault Victims and Mandatory Reporting

Open Enrollment of Special Education Students

Requests for a Variance from County Subdivision Ordinances

Autopsy Report Exempt from State Public Records Laws

Commencement of Term of Office for a Combined County Office

County Commission’s Role in the Division of a Township

Competitive bidding requirements for water tower painting and maintenance contract

Farming, Altering, Fencing, or Otherwise Obstructing or Altering Section- Line Highways

The Subpoena Authority of the State-Tribal Relations Committee of

The Formulation of Business Improvement Districts and Assessment Methods

Requirements for Formulation of a Business Improvement District

A sheriff’s authority to accept gifts and to unilaterally amend the county’s insurance policy to insure that gift

Whether “vote trading” and “vehicle bills” are prohibited

Application of S.D. Const. Art. VI, § 29 – Marsy’s Law – to civil proceedings, ordinance violations, traffic offenses, and Sexual Assault Response Team meetings

Release of information and records under Article VI, § 29

Obligation for Weed Control on or Along Township Roads

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Filling City Council Vacancy pursuant to SDCL 9-13-14.1

SDCL 13-28-51: Partial enrollment of a student receiving alternative instruction

SDCL 13-3-48.1 Limitations on Science Standards adopted by the State Board of Education

Regarding Use of Road Right-of-Ways by the Geological Survey Program

Absentee voting period for municipal elections.

School Day Defined for Calculating Length of Suspension from

Power of a County to Regulate Use of Fireworks During

South Dakota Municipal League Action on Referred Measures

Legality of Bingo Simulcasting With Prize Pool

Sale of 85 Octane Gasoline

Highway Maintenance Responsibility at State/County Highway Intersections

Joint Powers Agreement for Weed Control

Federal Law Implications of Budget Cuts to the South Dakota

Ability of School District to Establish Scholarship Program with Funds from an Unrestricted Testamentary Bequest