Home/South Dakota/Statutes/Title 16: COURTS AND JUDICIARY/Ch. 16-12A: MAGISTRATE JUDGES/§ 16-12B-6
South Dakota Statutes

§ 16-12B-6 — Right to counsel in magistrate court.

South Dakota § 16-12B-6
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 16COURTS AND JUDICIARY
Ch. 16-12AMAGISTRATE JUDGES

This text of South Dakota § 16-12B-6 (Right to counsel in magistrate court.) 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 § 16-12B-6 (2026).

Text

No party may be deprived of the assistance of an attorney, at the party's expense, in small claims or magistrate court.

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

Legislative History

SL 2003, ch 117, § 15.

Nearby Sections

15
§ 16-1-1
Supreme Court districts.
§ 16-1-14
Supreme Court library--Publications included--Control by justices.
§ 16-1-2
Number of justices--Term of office--Retention elections.
§ 16-1-2.1
Election of Chief Justice--Term of office--Removal.
§ 16-1-2.2
Form of retention ballot.
§ 16-1-3
§ 16-1-3
§ 16-1-3.1
Additional compensation of Chief Justice--Exclusion from retirement provisions.
§ 16-1-4
Repealed
§ 16-1-4.1
Mandatory retirement of justices at age seventy--Conclusion of pending matters.
§ 16-1-5
Retired justices and retired or active judges acting in place of disqualified justices.
§ 16-1-9
Term of Supreme Court--Places.
§ 16-10-1
Repealed
§ 16-10-2.1
, 16-10-2.2
§ 16-10-3
Repealed
§ 16-10-5
§ 16-10-5
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 16-12B-6, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/16-12B-6.