Title 16 — COURTS AND JUDICIARY

(4) "Sealed" means any record where access is restricted by order of the court. A document marked "sealed" will not be accessible to the public but will be accessible to court personnel and attorneys or parties in the case as permitted by applicable law or court order. (5) "Elect…

(1) "Registered user" means an attorney or party registered with the South Dakota Odyssey 7 electronic filing system. (2) "Electronic filing system" means the Odyssey 7 file and serve system maintained by the South Dakota Unified Judicial System. (3) "Confidential" means any reco…

Unless specifically provided otherwise in this rule or inconsistent with its provisions, the Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure shall govern electronic filings. Source: SL 2014, ch 254 (Supreme Court Rule 13-12 ), eff. July 1, 2014. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 16-21A DOCUMENT RETURN R…

(1) Documents filed electronically in the circuit courts or magistrate courts, excluding small claims, shall be submitted through the Odyssey 7 electronic filing system in all counties where available. Any user shall be required to register with the court and designate an email a…

Approved formats for documents filed electronically are WordPerfect (.wpd), Word (.doc or .docx), Tagged Image File (.tif) and text searchable Portable Document File (.pdf). Source: SL 2014, ch 254 (Supreme Court Rule 13-12 ), eff. July 1, 2014.

(1) A document in compliance with the rules and submitted electronically to the court clerk of court by 11:59 p.m. central standard time or daylight savings time as applicable shall be considered filed on that date. (2) After reviewing an electronically filed document, the clerk …

(1) A party electronically filing a document that is not accessible to the public in whole or in part is responsible for redaction or designating the document as confidential or sealed before transmitting it to the court. For any redacted document a sealed version of the original…

A registered attorney electronically filing or serving a document, or any person filing a petition for mental illness commitment, is deemed to represent that the document so filed or served is a true and correct copy of the original. The original, if in hardcopy form, shall be ma…

(1) A party who files a document electronically must serve the document by electronic means if the recipient consents to accept documents served electronically. All documents filed electronically must be served electronically through the Odyssey 7 system except for documents serv…

An original document submitted for filing in paper form may be scanned by the clerk of court and destroyed after thirty days. A party may request the return of any original document filed with the clerk of court by submitting a document request return form with the document when …

On a showing of good cause, the court may grant appropriate relief if electronic filing or electronic service was not completed due to technical problems. Source: SL 2014, ch 254 (Supreme Court Rule 13-12 ), eff. July 1, 2014.