South Dakota Statutes

§ 15-15A-5 — General access rule.

South Dakota·Title 15 CIVIL PROCEDURE·Ch. 15-14 UNIFIED JUDICIAL SYSTEM COURT RECORDS RULE
(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 access has been restricted, which indication shall not disclose the nature of the information protected, i.e., "sealed document." (3) An individual circuit or a local court may not adopt a more restrictive access policy or otherwise restrict access beyond that provided by statute or in this rule, nor provide greater access than that provided for by statute or in this rule.

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Legislative History

SL 2004, ch 333 (Supreme Court Rule 04-06), eff. July 1, 2004; SL 2005, ch 291 (Supreme Court Rule 05-05), eff. Feb. 25, 2005.

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