Title 16 — COURTS AND JUDICIARY
31 chapters · 570 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…
SDCL § 16-1-2.2 Form of retention ballot
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The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 setting the deadline for requests from Supreme Court justices for inclusion on a retention ballot and prescribing the format of the Supreme Court justices' retention ballot. Source: SL 1981, ch 164 , § 3…
SDCL § 16-1-3.1 Additional compensation of Chief Justice--Exclusion from retirement provisions
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The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall receive additional compensation for administrative duties in the sum of two thousand dollars. The additional compensation provided for by this section shall not be credited to the highest average annual compensation for retirement bene…
SDCL § 16-1-4.1 Mandatory retirement of justices at age seventy--Conclusion of pending matters
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A justice of the Supreme Court is automatically retired on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January next after the general election at which members of the Legislature are elected immediately following the attainment of age seventy of such justice. Such justice shall c…
SDCL § 16-1-5 Retired justices and retired or active judges acting in place of disqualified justices
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Retired justices and judges, with their consent, and active judges may be authorized by the Chief Justice to act in the place of disqualified justices, or in the event of vacancies or other necessities as determined by the Chief Justice. The court shall provide for the reimbursem…
SDCL § 16-1-9 Term of Supreme Court--Places
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The Supreme Court shall have but one term coincident with the calendar year and will be in session for consideration of cases on the calendar in the courtroom of the court at the capitol and in such other first and second class municipalities in the state as specified by order of…