Title 15, CIVIL PROCEDURE

All exhibits or other record evidence offered at the trial of a cause shall be marked for identification by the shorthand reporter or clerk and shall be filed as records in said cause. The trial judge may order a copy of any exhibit or of the material parts thereof filed in place…

Whenever the decision or judgment of the court has become final, the clerk of courts shall give notice to the attorneys or parties of record by electronic or first-class mail that the exhibits in the possession of the clerk, if not collected within thirty days, shall upon order o…

Whenever the decision or judgment of the court has become final in an action governed by chapter 1-26 , the clerk of courts shall return to the agency of origin the administrative record filed with the court pursuant to the provisions of § 1-26-33 . Subsequent access to said reco…

The record for presentation of any motion or application for a new trial shall consist of all the documents, evidence, motions, applications, objections, and rulings of the court as offered, filed, recorded, or entered in the minutes of the clerk or judge and the transcript of th…

Unless ordered by the court to be supplied to an indigent or an indigent's counsel and paid out of the county treasury where court was held, a fee shall be charged to the person ordering a typewritten transcript by filing of an order for transcript on appeal of a proceeding taken…

The fee for the preparation of a transcript from a court reporter’s notes of evidence is three dollars and sixty cents per page for the original. The fee for a copy, furnished on request, is sixty-five cents per page, to be paid to the officer of the court who prepared the transc…

Eight and one - half inch by eleven inch paper size shall be the only accepted size in all of the courts of the State of South Dakota. This section shall be applicable to all documents except original documents filed as exhibits. Source: Supreme Court Rule 82-3.

The record of any hearing, court trial or jury trial conducted by or on behalf of the Unified Judicial System shall consist of the transcript prepared by an official court reporter or court recorder or freelance reporter on contract with the Unified Judicial System, the exhibits …

The purpose of this rule is to provide a comprehensive policy on access to court records. The rule provides for access in a manner that: (1) Maximizes accessibility to court records, (2) Supports the role of the judiciary, (3) Promotes governmental accountability, (4) Contributes…

(1) Any person may file a motion, supported by affidavit showing good cause, for access to confidential financial documents. Written notice of the motion shall be required. (2) If the person seeking access cannot locate a party to provide the notice required under this rule, afte…

Dissemination of bulk information for resale is prohibited pursuant to § 1-27-1 . Any other bulk dissemination is prohibited except as authorized by the State Court Administrator or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Source: SL 2004, ch 333 (Supreme Court Rule 04-06), eff. J…

(1) Compiled information is defined as information that is derived from the selection, aggregation or reformulation by the Supreme Court of some of the information from more than one individual court record. (2) Any member of the public may request compiled information that consi…

A request to prohibit public access to information in a court record may be made by any party to a case, the individual about whom information is present in the court record, or on the court's own motion. Notice of the request must be provided to all parties in the case and the c…

(1) Court records will be available where available for public access in the courthouse during hours established by the court. Court records in electronic form to which the court allows remote access under this rule will be available for access at least during the hours establish…

The Supreme Court may charge a fee for access to and copies of court records in electronic form, for remote access or compiled information. The fee shall be reasonable and may include costs for labor, materials and supplies. Fees for record searches are set forth in § 16-2-29.5 .…

Any information maintained by the Unified Judicial System for safeguarding and enhancing court security is not accessible to the public unless authorized by an order of the court. This includes information pertaining to the protection of the public, court staff and public propert…

Every member of the public has the same access to court records as provided in this rule, except as provided otherwise by statute or rule and except as provided in § 15-15A-7 . "Public" includes: (1) any person and any business or non-profit entity, organization or association; (…

(1) "Court record" includes any document, information, or other thing that is collected, received or maintained by a clerk of court in connection with a judicial proceeding. "Court record" does not include other records maintained by the public official who also serves as clerk o…

This rule applies to all court records, regardless of the physical form of the court record, the method of recording the information in the court record or the method of storage of the information in the court record. Source: SL 2004, ch 333 (Supreme Court Rule 04-06), eff. July …

(1) Information in the court record is accessible to the public except and as prohibited by statute or rule and except as restricted by §§ 15-15A-7 through 15-15A-13 . (2) There shall be a publicly accessible indication of the existence of information in a court record to which a…

A request to limit public access to information in a court record to a court facility in the jurisdiction may be made by any party to a case, an individual identified in the court record, or on the court's own motion. For good cause, the court will limit the manner of public acce…

The following information in a court record is not accessible to the public: (1) Information that is not to be accessible to the public pursuant to federal law; (2) Information that is not to be accessible to the public pursuant to state law, court rule or case law as follows; (3…

The following information in a court record is not accessible to the public: (1) Social security numbers, employer or taxpayer identification numbers, and financial or medical account numbers of an individual; (2) Financial documents such as income tax returns, W-2's and schedule…

The following procedures apply to the filing of confidential information in court records: (1) Social security numbers, employer or taxpayer identification numbers, and financial or medical account numbers of an individual where required to be filed with the court must be submitt…

In an action to recover the possession of personal property, the judgment for the plaintiff may be for the possession, or for the recovery of possession, or the value thereof in case a delivery cannot be had, and of damages for the detention. If the property has been delivered to…

Whenever an appeal from any judgment shall be pending and the undertaking requisite to stay execution on such judgment shall have been given and the appeal perfected as provided in this title, the court in which such judgment was recovered may, on motion, after notice to the pers…

Every clerk of courts, upon the presentation to the clerk of an assignment of any judgment rendered or docketed in the office of the clerk of courts, signed by the party in whose favor the judgment is rendered, the party's personal representative, successor in interest, or the du…

No action shall be brought upon a judgment rendered in any court of this state, except a magistrate court, between the same parties, without leave of court for good cause shown, on notice to the adverse party. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.0105; SL 1974, ch 153 , § 9.

No action on a judgment rendered by a magistrate shall be brought in the same county, within five years after its rendition, except in case of his death, resignation, incapacity to act, or removal from the county, or if the process was not personally served on the defendant, or o…

Any judgment rendered or docketed in the circuit courts of this state may be canceled and discharged by the clerk thereof upon the filing with him of an acknowledgment of the satisfaction thereof signed by the party in whose favor the judgment was obtained, his attorney of record…

Upon the return of any execution, issued upon any judgment rendered or docketed in the circuit court, wholly satisfied or the presentation of a satisfaction piece duly executed and acknowledged as provided in § 15-16-14 , to the clerk of any circuit court, he shall immediately no…

Any partial satisfaction of any judgment rendered or docketed in the circuit courts of this state may be made and noted upon the records in like manner; and thereupon all judgments and liens thereby created, must be taken and deemed to be canceled and discharged to the extent of …

Upon the filing of any duly acknowledged release signed by the owner of the judgment as shown by the docket entry thereof, his successor in interest, or attorney of record, releasing any specific item or items of real or personal property from the lien and effect of such judgment…

Upon the filing of any order of the court in which a judgment was rendered, or of any other court which has acquired jurisdiction so to do, directing satisfaction, discharge, or cancellation of the judgment in whole or in part, the clerk shall note such order on the docket entry …

The clerk of courts of any other county wherein any judgment canceled or discharged pursuant to §§ 15-16-14 to 15-16-18 , inclusive, shall have been docketed must cancel the same in like manner upon his judgment docket, upon the filing in his office of a certified copy of the ori…

Every judgment that contains a direction for the sale of any specific real property may also direct the delivery of the possession of such property to the purchaser; and the officer receiving the execution or order of sale may enforce such judgment by putting the purchaser in pos…

The clerks of courts of this state are authorized and required to file and docket in their offices judgments and decrees of the district court of the United States within this state, and duly authenticated copies thereof, and transcripts therefrom in like manner as judgments and …

When judgments and decrees of the district court of the United States, or duly authenticated copies thereof, or transcripts therefrom containing the facts needed for a docket entry of a judgment or decree of the circuit courts of this state, are filed and docketed as provided in …

When a judgment is for the recovery of money, interest from the time of the verdict or decision until judgment be finally entered must be added to the judgment of the party entitled thereto. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.1815.

Such judgments and decrees of the district court of the United States, filed and docketed pursuant to § 15-16-28 , may be assigned of record by filing a copy thereof together with the assignment duly authenticated, or a transcript thereof containing the facts needed for a docket …

Such judgments and decrees of the district court of the United States, filed and docketed pursuant to § 15-16-28 , may be discharged and canceled of record by filing a copy thereof and of the fact of such discharge or cancellation, duly authenticated, or a transcript therefrom co…

Mutual final judgments may be set off, pro tanto, the one against the other by the court upon proper application and notice. Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.1720.

Any judgment which in whole or in part directs the payment of money and which may be docketed in the office of the clerk of any court in this state may be renewed by the affidavit of the judgment creditor or of his personal representative, agent, attorney, or assignee at any time…

If the judgment was rendered in a court of this state, the affidavit for renewal shall be filed with the clerk of the court where such judgment was first docketed. If the judgment filed and docketed was a foreign judgment, the affidavit for renewal may be filed with the clerk of …

The entry and docketing of an affidavit of renewal of a judgment shall operate to continue the lien of the judgment to the extent of the balance due on the judgment as shown by the affidavit on all real property, except the homestead, of the judgment debtor or debtors in the coun…

The act of incorporating in a judgment the original promissory note or other instrument of debt merges it into that judgment. Source: Supreme Court Rule 98-31.