31 chapters · 531 sections in this title.
SDCL § 16-1-1 Supreme Court districts
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The state is divided into five Supreme Court districts from each of which a justice shall be selected as follows: First District. The counties of Custer, Pennington, Lawrence, and Meade constitute the first Supreme Court district. Second District. The county of Minnehaha constitu…
SDCL § 16-1-14 Supreme Court library--Publications included--Control by justices
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The Supreme Court library shall consist of all constitutions, statutes, session laws, court reports, digests, textbooks, and other legal publications now owned by the state and under the control of the justices of the Supreme Court, or which may hereafter be acquired by purchase,…
SDCL § 16-1-2 Number of justices--Term of office--Retention elections
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The Supreme Court shall consist of five justices. The term of office of the justices of the Supreme Court shall be eight years. At the next general election following the expiration of three years from the date of his appointment, and every eighth year thereafter, each Supreme Co…
SDCL § 16-1-2.1 Election of Chief Justice--Term of office--Removal
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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be selected from among the justices of the Supreme Court by a majority vote of the justices for a term of four years without limitation in successive terms. The Chief Justice so selected may be removed by a four - fifths vote of the ju…