§ 15-15A-1 Purpose of rule of access to court records
§ 15-15A-2 Who has access to court records under the rule
§ 15-15A-3 Definition of terms
§ 15-15A-4 Applicability of rule
§ 15-15A-5 General access rule
§ 15-15A-6 Court records that are only publicly available at a court facility
§ 15-15A-7 Court records excluded from public access
§ 15-15A-8 Confidential numbers, financial documents, and name of child victim excluded from public access
§ 15-15A-9 Filing confidential numbers, financial documents, and name of child victim in court record
§ 15-15A-10 Procedure for requesting access to confidential financial documents
§ 15-15A-11 Requests for bulk distribution of court records
§ 15-15A-12 Access to compiled information from court records
§ 15-15A-13 Requests to prohibit public access to information in court records
§ 15-15A-14 When court records may be accessed
§ 15-15A-15 Fees for accessing court records
§ 15-15A-16 Access to certain court security information
§ 15-15A-A APPENDIX OF FORMS
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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 15 > Chapter 15A - Unified Judicial System Court Records Rule

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • Children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • 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.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2