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Reviewed 15 November 2009 See also Legal Research and Assistance, below.  E-mail: Administrator@LawSource.com

South Dakota Court Decisions

Supreme Court (S.D.) U.S. District Court (D.S.D.) U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Bankr. D.S.D.)

Appellate cases can be retrieved by citation (e.g., “1996 SD 1” or “541 N.W.2d 734”) from a LEXIS database (free searching goes back five years only). There is also a text-search function. (Registration is required but is free.)

South Dakota Constitution and Legislation

Constitution (S.D. Const.)
See also a “quick-find” function for going directly to an article or a section.
Additional Resources
¶  1996 amendments adopted ... Texts of two proposed amendments, which were adopted (see election results).
Bills
2008 Bills (83rd Leg., Reg. Sess.) 2007 Bills (82nd Leg., Reg. Sess.) 2006 Bills (81st Leg., Reg. Sess.) 2005 Bills (80th Leg., Reg. Sess.) 2004 Bills (79th Leg., Reg. Sess.) 2003 Bills (78th Leg., Reg. Sess.) 2002 Bills (77th Leg., Reg. Sess.) 2001 Bills (76th Leg., Reg. Sess.) 2000 Bills (75th Leg., Reg. Sess.) 1999 Bills (74th Leg., Reg. Sess.) 1998 Bills (73rd Leg., Reg. Sess.) 1997 Bills (72nd Leg., Reg. Sess.)
See also links to bills in special sessions as well as the South Dakota Legislative Research Council web site.
Laws of South Dakota (S.D. Laws)
2007 Session Laws 2006 Session Laws 2005 Session Laws 2004 Session Laws 2003 Special Session Laws 2003 Session Laws 2002 Session Laws 2001 Special Session Laws 2001 Session Laws 2000 Special Session Laws 2000 Session Laws 1999 Session Laws 1998 Session Laws 1997 Special Session Laws 1997 Session Laws
South Dakota Codified Laws (S.D. Codified Laws)
See also a “quick-find” function for going directly to a chapter or section.
Additional Resources
¶  Selected tax laws ... [Revenue Dep't]

South Dakota Rules of Procedure and Practice

1. Court Rules ♦ Rules of Procedure
   U.S. District Court Rules (D.S.D. R.)
   U.S. Bankruptcy Court Rules (D.S.D. Bankr. R.)
   Additional Resources
   ¶  South Dakota Appellate Rules ... These are rules promulgated by the legislature (that is, set forth in statutes), plus a supreme court rule on media coverage of proceedings.

South Dakota Administrative Law Sources

1. Regulations
   1. Administrative Rules of South Dakota (S.D. Admin. R.)
   2. South Dakota Register (S.D. Reg.)

2. Opinions ♦ Decisions ♦ Orders ♦ Rulings
   Attorney General Opinions (Ops. S.D. Att'y Gen.)
   Public Utility Commission Orders
   Additional Resources
   ¶  Environmental Regulations and Permit Procedures ... [Environment & Natural Resources Dep't]

South Dakota Local Law Sources

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.
County Ordinances
Municipal Ordinances
Aberdeen <4> Belle Fourche <3> Brookings <4> Deadwood <2> Mitchell <5> Rapid City <2> Sioux Falls <2> Spearfish <2> Summerset <2> Yankton <4>      
Click on the button keyed to the name of the municipality. NOTE: On some web sites, selecting the state is necessary for access to the ordinances link.

South Dakota Law-Related Periodicals

Other South Dakota Commentary

1. Doing Business in South Dakota. Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, P.C. ... [Lex Mundi]

South Dakota Law-Related Topical Web Sites

South Dakota Court Information

Web Sites
U.S. District Court U.S. Bankruptcy Court

South Dakota Forms

1. Revenue Department: Tax Forms

2. Business Entity Forms ...[Paracorp, Inc. (Cal.)] — Convenient interface to view and print in-blank official state forms (in PDF files) for filing by business entities. A JavaScript-enabled browser is required.

3. U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Forms

Other South Dakota Resources

Government-Related Web Sites
Legislature Judicial Branch ————— Attorney General ————— Revenue Department Secretary of State
See also the Piper Resources list of sites.
Additional Resources
¶  Vital Records — Contact Information ... [Elizabeth Orsay (Ind.)]
¶  Workers' Compensation — Agency Contact and Staff Contact Information ... [Robert W. McDowell / North Carolina Industrial Commission]
1. Bar Associations ♦ Law-Related Organizations
   State Bar of South Dakota
   South Dakota Defense Lawyers Association See the National Federation of Paralegal Associations for links to websites of member organizations.

2. Law Schools ♦ Admission to Practice ♦ Continuing Legal Education
   South Dakota Bar Examination
   University of South Dakota School of Law

Legal Research and Assistance

Law Libraries
University of South Dakota: McKusick Law Library
See also links to web sites of public law libraries and catalogs of academic law libraries, maintained by the library at Washburn University School of Law; and the LibrarySites.Info database of library web sites (“Libcat”).
1. South Dakota Judicial System
   Small Claims Procedures
   Visitation Guidelines
   State Bar of South Dakota Pamphlets
   Your Lawyer The Case of the "Guilty" Client Lawyer Discipline Client Security Fund ————— Buying a Home Joint Tenancy ————— Marriage Divorce Protection Orders Visitation Guidelines for Parents ————— Planning for Health Care Decisions Living Trust Your Will Probate ————— Bankruptcy ————— So You're Going to Be a Witness Jury Duty ————— As You Turn 18

2. Bankruptcy Law and Procedures for South Dakota Residents ... [Calicchia & Kinast LLP (Ohio)] — This web site, presented by a Cleveland bankruptcy law firm, covers basic information about the bankruptcy process, describes debt consolidation and credit counseling as alternatives to bankruptcy, lists the property that an individual is allowed to keep (with citations to governing provisions of South Dakota law), and gives information about the bankruptcy courts and how to contact bankruptcy attorneys in South Dakota.

3. Low-Cost Legal Aid ... See also the web site for LawHelp.org and the web site for SelfHelpSupport.org.
   1. South Dakota Legal Help for the Poor ... [Am. Bar Ass'n] — Contact information for statewide and local legal-aid programs, from the ABA's Directory of Pro Bono Programs. The ABA also provides a page of links to pro bono programs' web sites.
   2. WomensLaw.org — Sources of Legal Help ... [WomensLaw.org (N.Y.)] — Sources of legal help (not limited to legal help for women) include statewide domestic-violence resources, local domestic-violence resources listed by city or town, free or low-cost legal services, and lawyer referral services.