§ 6.
Qualifications of judicial personnel.
Justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the
circuit courts and persons presiding over courts of limited jurisdiction must be citizens of the
United States, residents of the state of South Dakota and voting residents within the district,
circuit or jurisdiction from which they are elected or appointed. No Supreme Court justice shall
be deemed to have lost his voting residence in a district by reason of his removal to the seat of
government in the discharge of his official duties. Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of
circuit courts must be licensed to practice law in the state of South Dakota.
History: 1889 Const., art. V, §§ 10, 25, 37; amendment proposed by SL 1972, ch 2, approved
Nov. 7, 1972.