2011 South Dakota Code
Title 16 COURTS AND JUDICIARY
Chapter 02. The Unified Judicial System
§16-2-29.5 Records search fee.


SD Codified L § 16-2-29.5 (through 2011) What's This?

16-2-29.5. Records search fee. The clerk of court shall charge a records search fee in the amount of fifteen dollars for each record search conducted if the search is requested by a person who is not a party named in the action for which the search is being requested. The clerk shall charge a fee of five dollars if the requesting party certifies that the search is being requested in conjunction with a pending state or federal cause of action. A separate fee shall be charged for each name, whether individual or corporate, for which a search is requested. The clerk shall deposit the fee in accordance with § 16-2-43. The clerk may not charge a records search fee if the search is requested by an attorney of record or any member of the attorney of record's law firm or staff.

Source: SL 1995, ch 115, § 2; SL 1997, ch 115, § 1; SL 2006, ch 112, § 1.

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