<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 0N-6-20 - Courts open--Remedy for injury.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dNormal-000000 { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97d000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dSCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dSCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 0N-6-20 - Courts open--Remedy for injury."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 0N-6-20 - Courts open--Remedy for injury."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Constitution/6-20"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dSENU">§ 20. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dCL">Courts open--Remedy for injury. </span><span class="sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dDefaultParagraphFont">All courts shall be open, and every man for an injury done him in his property, person or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice, administered without denial or delay.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dNormal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97d000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dNormal-000000"><span class="sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dSCL">History:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dSCL-000002"> Amendment proposed by SL 2023, ch 2, § 15, rejected Nov. 5, 2024.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97dNormal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sfeb30aa2736942f5a88896dc85e1f97d000001"> </span></p></div></body></html>