South Dakota § 16-1-1 Supreme Court districts.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 16-1-1 — Supreme Court districts.

South Dakota § 16-1-1

Title 16COURTS AND JUDICIARY

Ch. 16-1THE SUPREME COURT

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S.D. Codified Laws § 16-1-1 (2026).

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The state is divided into five Supreme Court districts from each of which a justice shall be selected as follows: First District. The counties of Custer, Pennington, Lawrence, and Meade constitute the first Supreme Court district. Second District. The county of Minnehaha constitutes the second Supreme Court district. Third District. The counties of Brookings, Kingsbury, Moody, Miner, Sanborn, Beadle, Jerauld, Hand, Hyde, Hughes, Sully, Stanley, Brule, Buffalo, Jones, Jackson, Lyman, Mellette, Todd, Tripp, Bennett, Oglala Lakota, Fall River, Lake, and Haakon constitute the third Supreme Court district. Fourth District. The counties of Union, Clay, Yankton, Hutchinson, Hanson, Davison, Bon Homme, Douglas, Aurora, Charles Mix, Gregory, McCook, Turner and Lincoln constitute the fourth Supreme 

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The state is divided into five Supreme Court districts from each of which a justice shall be selected as follows: First District. The counties of Custer, Pennington, Lawrence, and Meade constitute the first Supreme Court district. Second District. The county of Minnehaha constitutes the second Supreme Court district. Third District. The counties of Brookings, Kingsbury, Moody, Miner, Sanborn, Beadle, Jerauld, Hand, Hyde, Hughes, Sully, Stanley, Brule, Buffalo, Jones, Jackson, Lyman, Mellette, Todd, Tripp, Bennett, Oglala Lakota, Fall River, Lake, and Haakon constitute the third Supreme Court district. Fourth District. The counties of Union, Clay, Yankton, Hutchinson, Hanson, Davison, Bon Homme, Douglas, Aurora, Charles Mix, Gregory, McCook, Turner and Lincoln constitute the fourth Supreme Court district. Fifth District. The counties of Grant, Roberts, Day, Marshall, Clark, Brown, McPherson, Edmunds, Faulk, Potter, Walworth, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Ziebach, Perkins, Butte, Codington, Spink, Deuel, Hamlin, and Harding constitute the fifth Supreme Court district.

Legislative History

SD Const, art 5, § 11; SL 1909, ch 109, §§ 1 to 5; RC 1919, § 5127; SL 1927, ch 209; SL 1935, ch 87; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.0101; SL 1974, ch 154, § 1; SL 1977, ch 174; SL 1982, ch 168; SL 1992, ch 151; SL 2001, ch 101, § 1; SL 2011 (SS), ch 2, § 1, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2015, ch 56 (HJR 1005), eff. May 1, 2015.