<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 15-15A-9 - Filing confidential numbers, financial documents, and name of child victim in court record.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083945Normal { 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.s2083945SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083945CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083945Normal-000000 { margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: left; background: #FFFFFF; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2083945DefaultParagraphFont { color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083945000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083945DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083945SCL { 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 15-15A-9 - Filing confidential numbers, financial documents, and name of child victim in court record."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 15-15A-9 - Filing confidential numbers, financial documents, and name of child victim in court record."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=15-15A-9"><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="s2083945Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-15A-9" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083945SENU">15-15A-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945SENU">. </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945CL">Filing confidential numbers, financial documents, and name of child victim in court record. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083945Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">(1) Social security numbers, employer or taxpayer identification numbers, and financial or medical account numbers of an individual where required to be filed with the court shall be submitted on a separate Confidential Information Form, appended to these rules, and filed with the pleading or other document required to be filed. The Confidential Information Form is not accessible to the public. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083945Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">(2) Financial documents named in subdivision </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-15A-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">15-15A-8</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">(2) that are required to be filed with the court shall be submitted as a confidential document and designated as such to the clerk upon filing. The Confidential Financial Documents Information Form appended to these rules shall be attached to financial documents being filed with the court. The Confidential Financial Documents Information Form is not accessible to the public. The confidential financial documents will not be publicly accessible, even if admitted as a trial or hearing exhibit, unless the court permits access pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-15A-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">15-15A-10</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">. The court may, on its own motion, protect financial documents that have been submitted without the Confidential Financial Documents Information Form. </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083945Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">(3) </span><span class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">Names</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont"> </span><span class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">of</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont"> </span><span class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">any</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont"> </span><span class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">child</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont"> under eighteen years of age alleged to be the victim of a crime in any adult criminal proceeding shall appear as initials only. The names shall be provided on a separate Confidential Information Form.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083945Normal-000000"><span class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">(4) Court records in which a child under eighteen years of age is identified as the petitioner or respondent in a protection order proceeding shall be treated as confidential and excluded from public access.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083945Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">(5) Parties with cases filed prior to the effective date of this rule, or the court on its own, may, by motion, protect the privacy of confidential information as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-15A-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">15-15A-8</span></a><span class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont">. Parties filing this motion will submit a completed Confidential Information Form or Confidential Financial Documents Information Form as appropriate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083945Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083945Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083945DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s2083945SCL">SL 2005, ch 291 (Supreme Court Rule 05-05), eff. Feb. 25, 2005; SL 2006, ch 331 (Supreme Court Rule 06-57), eff. July 1, 2006; SL 2015, ch 270 (Supreme Court Rule 15-08), eff. July 1, 2015; SL 2021, ch 257 (Supreme Court Rule 21-05), eff. Jul. 1, 2021.</span></p></div></body></html>