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2010 South Dakota Code
Title 16 - COURTS AND JUDICIARY
Chapter 12C - Clerk Magistrates
- Section 16-12C-1 - Appointment of clerk, deputy clerk as clerk magistrate--Valid in any circuit.
- Section 16-12C-2 - Educational qualifications of clerk magistrate.
- Section 16-12C-2.1 - Certification of clerk magistrate-Notice of termination.
- Section 16-12C-3 - Attendance at institute prerequisite to taking office--Exception.
- Section 16-12C-4 - Establishment and schedule of clerk magistrate's institutes--Court may require attendance.
- Section 16-12C-5 - Authority to solemnize marriages--Fees.
- Section 16-12C-6 - Authority to administer oaths, etc.
- Section 16-12C-7 - Jurisdiction to issue summonses, warrants.
- Section 16-12C-8 - Right to counsel in magistrate court.
- Section 16-12C-9 - Jurisdiction--Committal--Conditions.
- Section 16-12C-10 - Jurisdiction--Bonds and personal recognizance.
- Section 16-12C-11 - Jurisdiction--Acceptance of defaults and trial of certain petty offenses--Acceptance of pleas--Sentencing.
- Section 16-12C-12 - Jurisdiction--Forfeiture of appearance bonds.
- Section 16-12C-13 - Jurisdiction--Noncontested proceedings with limited damage amount.
- Section 16-12C-14 - Record of proceedings before clerk magistrate--Stenographic record--Costs--Appeal.
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