South Dakota County Courts
South Dakota County Courts are another source for people search, criminal records and background checks. Search for personal and criminal records find people you are tyring to locate or find criminal history and get background check through county court records.
County courts usually oversee civil cases such housing, mortgage disputes, repayment, felonies, all cases of equity and eviction, reposession, personal injury cases, breach of contract, small claims, and divorces and adoptions, violations of county law and statues, traffic cases. Also land appropriations, guardianships, probate, involuntary hospitalization for mental institutes. Probate courts also rule over last testaments and wills. So whether you have a case you need to take to court or you want to research other cases or someones background county courts have a wealth of civil court cases to be researched most background checks include civil cases and document case numbers, offenses and judgements and convictions for felonies or any other matter.
If you are researching marriage and divorce county courts are the place to start your search of course you can try to save yourself time by getting an online report usually background checks and some people search reports include some of the information you search in courts but if you don't want to spend the money or have time to do the research yourself you can go to the court and request to see files and documents unless the case file is sealed by a judge for privacy.
Also County courts are where you can do searches for marriage records or to obtain marriage certificates if you are planning to get married.
South Dakota County Court Records
Aurora
Aurora Clerk
P.O. Box 397
Plankinton, SD 57368-0366
Telephone: (605) 942-7161
Beadle
Beadle Clerk
P.O. Box 55
Huron, SD 57350
Telephone: (605) 353-7165
Bennett
Bennett Clerk
P.O. Box 433
Martin, SD 57551
Telephone: (605) 685-6969
Bon Homme
Bon Homme Clerk
Box 3
Tyndall, SD 57066
Telephone: (605) 589-3382
Brookings
Brookings Clerk
314 6th Ave.
Brookings, SD 57006-2041
Telephone: (605) 692-6284
Brown
Brown Clerk
111 SE First Avenue
Aberdeen, SD 57401-4203
Telephone: (605) 626-7140
Brule
Brule Clerk
300 S. Courtland
Chamberlain, SD 57325-1508
Telephone: (605) 734-5443
Buffalo
Buffalo Clerk
Courthouse Square, Box 174
Gann Valley, SD 57341-0148
Telephone: (605) 293-3234
Butte
Butte Clerk
839 5th Ave.
Belle Fourche, SD 57717
Telephone: (605) 892-2516
Campbell
Campbell Clerk
P.O. Box 146
Mound City, SD 57646
Telephone: (605) 955-3536
Charles Mix
Charles Mix Clerk
P.O. Box 206
Lake Andes, SD 57356
Telephone: (605) 487-7511
Clark
Clark Clerk
P.O. Box 294
Clark, SD 57225
Telephone: (605) 532-5363
Clay
Clay Clerk
P.O. Box 403
Vermillion, SD 57069-0403
Telephone: (605) 624-2871
Codington
Codington Clerk
P.O. Box 1054
Watertown, SD 57201
Telephone: (605) 886-4850
Corson
Corson Clerk
200 First Street, East
McIntosh, SD 57641
Telephone: (605) 273-4201
Custer
Custer Clerk
420 SW Mt. Rushmore Rd.
Custer, SD 57730-1934
Telephone: (605) 673-4816
Davison
Davison Clerk
200 E. 4th St.
Mitchell, SD 57301-2631
Telephone: (605) 995-8616
Day
Day Clerk
710 W. 1st St.
Webster, SD 57274
Telephone: (605) 345-3771
Deuel
Deuel Clerk
P.O. Box 125
Clear Lake, SD 57226
Telephone: (605) 874-2120
Dewey
Dewey Clerk
P.O. Box 117
Timber Lake, SD 57656-0117
Telephone: (605) 865-3661
Douglas
Douglas Clerk
P.O. Box 267
Armour, SD 57313
Telephone: (605) 724-2585
Edmunds
Edmunds Clerk
P.O. Box 386
Ipswich, SD 57451
Telephone: (605) 426-6671
Fall River
Fall River Clerk
906 N. River St.
Hot Springs, SD 57747-1387
Telephone: (605) 745-5132
Faulk
Faulk Clerk
P.O. Box 309
Faulkton, SD 57438
Telephone: (605) 598-6223
Grant
Grant Clerk
210 East Fifth Avenue
Milbank, SD 57252-2433
Telephone: (605) 432-5482
Gregory
Gregory Clerk
P.O. Box 437
Burke, SD 57523
Telephone: (605) 775-2665
Haakon
Haakon Clerk
P.O. Box 100
Philip, SD 57567
Telephone: (605) 859-2627
Hamlin
Hamlin Clerk
P.O. Box 56
Hayti, SD 57241
Telephone: (605) 783-3751
Hand
Hand Clerk
415 W. 1st Ave.
Miller, SD 57362-1346
Telephone: (605) 853-3512
Hanson
Hanson Clerk
P.O. Box 500
Alexandria, SD 57311
Telephone: (605) 239-4446
Harding
Harding Clerk
P.O. Box 101
Buffalo, SD 57720
Telephone: (605) 375-3351
Hughes
Hughes Clerk
104 E. Capitol Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501
Telephone: (605) 773-3713
Hutchinson
Hutchinson Clerk
140 Euclid, Room 37
Olivet, SD 57052
Telephone: (605) 387-2838
Hyde
Hyde Clerk
P.O. Box 306
Highmore, SD 57345-0306
Telephone: (605) 852-2512
Jackson
Jackson Clerk
P.O. Box 248
Kadoka, SD 57543-0248
Telephone: (605) 837-2420
Jerauld
Jerauld Clerk
P.O. Box 452
Wessington Springs, SD 57382-0452
Telephone: (605) 539-1221
Jones
Jones Clerk
P.O. Box 446
Murdo, SD 57559
Telephone: (605) 669-2361
Kingsbury
Kingsbury Clerk
P.O. Box 176
De Smet, SD 57231
Telephone: (605) 854-3832
Lake
Lake Clerk
P.O. Box 447
Madison, SD 57042-0447
Telephone: (605) 256-4876
Lawrence
Lawrence Clerk
644 Main Street
Deadwood, SD 57732-1124
Telephone: (605) 578-2040
Lincoln
Lincoln Clerk
100 E. 5th St.
Canton, SD 57013-1732
Telephone: (605) 987-5661
Lyman
Lyman Clerk
P.O. Box 98
Kennebec, SD 57544
Telephone: (605) 869-2277
Marshall
Marshall Clerk
P.O. Box 130
Britton, SD 57430
Telephone: (605) 448-5213
McCook
McCook Clerk
P.O. Box 338
Salem, SD 57058
Telephone: (605) 425-2781
McPherson
McPherson Clerk
Courthouse
P.O. Box 129
Leola, SD 57456
Telephone: (605) 439-3151
Meade
Meade Clerk
1425 Sherman St.
Sturgis, SD 57785-1452
Telephone: (605) 347-2356
Mellette
Mellette Clerk
P.O. Box C
White River, SD 57579
Telephone: (605) 259-3230
Miner
Miner Clerk
P.O. Box 546
Howard, SD 57349
Telephone: (605) 772-4612
Minnehaha
Minnehaha Clerk
415 N. Dakota Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57102-0192
Telephone: (605) 367-4223
Moody
Moody Clerk
Courthouse, P.O. Box 152
Flandreau, SD 57028
Telephone: (605) 997-3181
Pennington
Pennington Clerk
315 St Joseph St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
Telephone: (605) 394-2177
Perkins
Perkins Clerk
P.O. Box 127
Bison, SD 57620
Telephone: (605) 244-5626
Potter
Potter Clerk
201 S. Exene St.
Gettysburg, SD 57442-1521
Telephone: (605) 765-9472
Roberts
Roberts Clerk
411 2nd Ave. E
Sisseton, SD 57262-1403
Telephone: (605) 698-7152
Sanborn
Sanborn Clerk
P.O. Box 295
Woonsocket, SD 57385
Telephone: (605) 796-4516
Shannon
Shannon Clerk
906 N. St.
Hot Springs, SD 57747-1387
Telephone: (605) 745-5132
Spink
Spink Clerk
210 East Seventh Avenue, P.O. Box 226
Redfield, SD 57469-1266
Telephone: (605) 472-1825
Stanley
Stanley Clerk
P.O. Box 596
Fort Pierre, SD 57532
Telephone: (605) 223-2673
Sully
Sully Clerk
P.O. Box 265
Onida, SD 57564
Telephone: (605) 258-2535
Todd
Todd Clerk
200 E. 3rd St.
Winner, SD 57580-1806
Telephone: (605) 842-2208
Tripp
Tripp Clerk
200 E. 3rd St.
Winner, SD 57580-1806
Telephone: (605) 842-2208
Turner
Turner Clerk
P.O. Box 485
Parker, SD 57053
Telephone: (605) 297-3115
Union
Union Clerk
P.O. Box 757
Elk Point, SD 57025-0757
Telephone: (605) 356-2132
Walworth
Walworth Clerk
P.O. Box 199
Selby, SD 57472-0199
Telephone: (605) 649-7878
Yankton
Yankton Clerk
P.O. Box 155
Yankton, SD 57078-0137
Telephone: (605) 668-3438
Ziebach
Ziebach Clerk
P.O. Box 68
Dupree, SD 57623
Telephone: (605) 365-5165