Home/South Dakota/Statutes/Title 15: CIVIL PROCEDURE/Ch. 15: RULES OF PROCEDURE IN CIRCUIT COURTS/§ 15-6-43(a)
South Dakota Statutes

§ 15-6-43(a) — Form and admissibility of evidence.

South Dakota § 15-6-43(a)
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 15CIVIL PROCEDURE
Ch. 15RULES OF PROCEDURE IN CIRCUIT COURTS

This text of South Dakota § 15-6-43(a) (Form and admissibility of evidence.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 15-6-43(a) (2026).

Text

In all trials the testimony of witnesses shall be taken orally in open court, unless otherwise provided by this chapter or by the South Dakota Rules of Evidence.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Legislative History

SD RCP, Rule 43 (a), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966; Supreme Court Rule 84-8.

Nearby Sections

15
§ 15-1-1
Definition of terms.
§ 15-1-2
Civil and criminal remedies not merged.
§ 15-1-3
Time during which action is pending.
§ 15-1-4
Procedure for acquiring signature of judge when no judge available.
§ 15-10-1
Notice of action affecting real property filed with register of deeds--Contents of notice--Foreclosure actions governed by specific statutes.
§ 15-10-10
Expungement of notice of pendency--Costs on grant or denial of motion.
§ 15-10-11
Expungement provisions, liability unaffected by.
§ 15-10-2
Action pending from time of notice--Time allowed for service of summons.
§ 15-10-3
Constructive notice from filing of notice--Subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers bound.
§ 15-10-4
Discharge of notice of pendency of action--Contents, acknowledgment and recording.
§ 15-10-5
Repealed
§ 15-10-6
Expungement of notice of pendency upon motion therefor--Showing necessary to defeat motion.
§ 15-10-7
Expungement of notice of pendency upon motion therefor--Undertaking.
§ 15-10-8
Expungement of notice of pendency--Notice of motion--Proof considered.
§ 15-10-9
Expungement of notice of pendency--Effect.
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 15-6-43(a), Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/15-6-43(a).