A magistrate court with a clerk magistrate presiding has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts to fix bond or take personal recognizance of persons charged with an offense in accordance with the schedule adopted pursuant to subdivision 16-2-21(8).

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 16-12C-10

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

Source: SL 2003, ch 117, § 37.