2011 South Dakota Code
Title 16 COURTS AND JUDICIARY
Chapter 02. The Unified Judicial System
§16-2-29.1 Fees of Supreme Court clerk--No fee in certain cases.

16-2-29.1. Fees of Supreme Court clerk--No fee in certain cases. The clerk of the Supreme Court shall charge the following fees and shall collect them in advance:

(1) For each action or proceeding originally commenced in or brought to the Supreme Court by appeal, to be advanced by the party commencing or bringing such action or proceeding, fifty dollars;

(2) For each certificate of admission to practice as an attorney and counselor at law, ten dollars;

(3) For each copy of any opinion, record or paper from an active file in the clerk's custody, fifty cents per page, provided, however, that the minimum charge shall be two dollars;

(4) For each copy of any opinion, record or paper from an inactive file in the clerk's custody, fifty cents per page, provided, however, that the minimum charge shall be five dollars;

(5) For facsimile or electronic mail transmission of any opinion, record or paper from an active or inactive file in the clerk's custody, one dollar per page, provided, however, that the minimum charge shall be five dollars.
No fee may be required under the provisions of this section in habeas corpus proceedings or in actions or proceedings or appeals brought by the state or agencies thereof, including political subdivisions, or public officials acting on the behalf of any of them.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §§ 32.0203, 33.0708; SL 1963, ch 225; SDCL §§ 15-26-7, 16-2-10; SL 1975, ch 161, § 1; Supreme Court Rule 85-2; SL 1991, ch 438 (Supreme Court Rule 91-4); SL 2000, ch 262 (Supreme Court Rule 00-8); SL 2011, ch 108, § 2.