South Dakota Court Records and
South Dakota Court Websites


South Dakota State court records are a reliable source for doing South Dakota criminal background search, locating South Dakota people and looking up South Dakota liens , South Dakota judgements, South Dakota bankruptcy and South Dakota arrest records. Find the location of variousSouth Dakota courts in as well as related local government judicial system websites, where you can find contact information, decisions, South Dakota state law library and South Dakota state level legal resources . State courts have jurisdiction over criminal cases, family law, divorce, adoptions, probate for wills and testament.

State courts usually have jurisdiction over the folloing cases:

  • Crimes under state legislation.
  • State constitutional cases
  • State law
  • Family law cases (marriage, divorce, adoption, etc.)
  • Real property cases
  • Contract dispute cases
  • Trade cases, business and partnerships as well as corporation cases
  • Professionsal cases including malpractice
  • Most professional malpractice issues.
  • Personal injury lawsuits as well as workers injury cases
  • Probate court and inheritance cases
  • Ttraffic court handles violations and cases related to motor vehicles and registration.

Constitution of each state governs the court system and the highest court in each state is the supreme court some courts have an intermdiary court of appeals, then we have the trial courts. State courts also include specialized courts such as famialy courts, juvenile courts and probate courts.Judges to state courts are usually either elected or appointed for limited time or for life.



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