S.D. Codified Laws § 16-5-1.2 (2026)
Number of judicial circuits--Counties included.
SDC 1939, §§ 32.0406 to 32.0415; SL 1939, ch 130 ; SL 1941, ch 150 , § 1; SL 1953, ch 193 ; SL 1953, ch 194 ; SL 1955, ch 123 ; SL 1957, ch 170 ; SL 1957, ch 171 ; SL 1959, ch 224 ; SL 1963, ch 219 ; SL 1963, ch 220 ; SL 1964, ch 106 ; SL 1964, ch 107 ; SL 1965, ch 156 ; SL 1966, ch 114 , §§ 3 to 10; SL 1967, ch 138 ; SL 1967, ch 139 , §§ 1 to 3; SDCL §§ 16-5-2 to 16-5-11 ; SL 1969, ch 144 , §§ 1, 2; SL 1970, ch 134 ; SL 1970, ch 135 ; SL 1971, ch 152 ; Supreme Court Rule No. 6, 1972; Supreme Court Order, Sept. 12, 1973, Par. 1; Supreme Court Rule 76-7; Supreme Court Rule 83-5; SL 2000, ch 265 (Supreme Court Order, Aug. 10, 1999); SL 2015, ch 56 (HJR 1005), eff. May 1, 2015.
There shall be seven judicial circuits which shall be numbered and consist of counties as follows:
- (1) First Circuit: Aurora, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Clay, Davison, Douglas, Hanson, Hutchinson, McCook, Turner, Union, and Yankton Counties;
- (2) Second Circuit: Lincoln and Minnehaha Counties;
- (3) Third Circuit: Beadle, Brookings, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Hand, Jerauld, Kingsbury, Lake, Miner, Moody, and Sanborn Counties;
- (4) Fourth Circuit: Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Perkins, and Ziebach Counties;
- (5) Fifth Circuit: Brown, Campbell, Day, Edmunds, Faulk, Marshall, McPherson, Roberts, Spink, and Walworth Counties;
- (6) Sixth Circuit: Bennett, Gregory, Haakon, Hughes, Hyde, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Potter, Stanley, Sully, Todd, and Tripp Counties; and
- (7) Seventh Circuit: Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota, and Pennington Counties.
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 32.0406 to 32.0415; SL 1939, ch 130 ; SL 1941, ch 150 , § 1; SL 1953, ch 193 ; SL 1953, ch 194 ; SL 1955, ch 123 ; SL 1957, ch 170 ; SL 1957, ch 171 ; SL 1959, ch 224 ; SL 1963, ch 219 ; SL 1963, ch 220 ; SL 1964, ch 106 ; SL 1964, ch 107 ; SL 1965, ch 156 ; SL 1966, ch 114 , §§ 3 to 10; SL 1967, ch 138 ; SL 1967, ch 139 , §§ 1 to 3; SDCL §§ 16-5-2 to 16-5-11 ; SL 1969, ch 144 , §§ 1, 2; SL 1970, ch 134 ; SL 1970, ch 135 ; SL 1971, ch 152 ; Supreme Court Rule No. 6, 1972; Supreme Court Order, Sept. 12, 1973, Par. 1; Supreme Court Rule 76-7; Supreme Court Rule 83-5; SL 2000, ch 265 (Supreme Court Order, Aug. 10, 1999); SL 2015, ch 56 (HJR 1005), eff. May 1, 2015.