South Dakota Third Judicial Circuit
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Court[edit]
The Third Judicial Circuit is a trial court in South Dakota that consists of fourteen counties, six judges, and one magistrate judge.[1][2]
Counties[edit]
The counties encompassed by the Third Judicial Circuit are:[2]
Circuit court judges[edit]
Magistrate court judges[edit]
Former judges[edit]
See also[edit]
- South Dakota Circuit Courts
- Courts in South Dakota
- South Dakota counties
- News: South Dakota Judge Tim Tucker appointed presiding judge of Third Circuit, August 14, 2012
External links[edit]
- South Dakota Unified Judicial System, "Third Circuit Judges"
- South Dakota Unified Judicial System, "Third Judicial Circuit"
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of South Dakota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of South Dakota
State courts:
South Dakota Supreme Court • South Dakota Circuit Courts • South Dakota Magistrate Courts
State resources:
Courts in South Dakota • South Dakota judicial elections • Judicial selection in South Dakota
Elections[edit]
- See also: South Dakota judicial elections
South Dakota is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in South Dakota, click here.
- South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2024
- South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2023
- South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2022
- South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- South Dakota judicial elections, 2014
- South Dakota judicial elections, 2012
- South Dakota judicial elections, 2010
Selection method[edit]
The 39 judges of the South Dakota Circuit Courts are chosen by the people in nonpartisan elections. They serve for eight years and must seek re-election if they wish to serve additional terms.[4]
The chief judge of each circuit court is appointed by the chief justice of the state supreme court and serves in that capacity for as long as the chief justice sees fit.[4]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:[4]
- a U.S. citizen;
- a resident of South Dakota;
- a resident of his or her circuit;
- licensed to practice law in the state; and
- under 70 years of age.*
*Circuit courts operate by the same mandatory retirement rules that apply to the supreme court; sitting circuit judges who reach the age of 70 must be "automatically retired on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January next after the general election at which members of the Legislature are elected."[5]
Election rules[edit]
Primary election[edit]
If more than two candidates are running for a circuit court seat, they compete in the primary election. The two candidates who receive the most votes advance to the general election.[6]
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ South Dakota Unified Judicial System, "Third Circuit judges," accessed December 15, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 South Dakota Unified Judicial System, "Third Judicial Circuit Counties," accessed December 15, 2014
- ↑ South Dakota Unified Judicial System, "Third Circuit Judges," accessed December 15, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: South Dakota," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ Justia US Law, "Section 16-6-31: Mandatory retirement of judges at age seventy—Conclusion of pending matters," accessed September 10, 2014
- ↑ South Dakota Legislature, "Chapter 12-9, Section 8" 2013
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