16-12A-2.2. Magistrate court established within each circuit.

Pursuant to the provisions of S.D. Const., Art. V, § 4, there is hereby established within each judicial circuit a magistrate court.

Source: SL 2003, ch 117, § 2.

16-12A-2.3. Court with magistrate judge as court of record.

Any magistrate court with a magistrate judge presiding is a court of record. However, no magistrate court with a clerk magistrate presiding is a court of record.

Source: SL 2003, ch 117, § 3.