South Dakota Statutes

§ 16-12B-1 — Temporary transfer of magistrate judge--Powers and duties.

South Dakota·Title 16 COURTS AND JUDICIARY·Ch. 16-12A MAGISTRATE JUDGES
If the business of a magistrate court with a magistrate judge presiding becomes congested or if a magistrate judge is, for any cause, unable to act, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may, by order, temporarily transfer to such magistrate court a magistrate judge from another circuit. The magistrate judge acting in a county other than one in his or her own circuit shall have all the powers and duties of a magistrate judge regularly appointed and qualified therein.

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Legislative History

SL 2003, ch 117, § 10.

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