<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 16-12B-1.1 - Number of magistrate judges.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbNormal { 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.s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbNormal-000000 { margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; background: #FFFFFF; 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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 16-12B-1.1 - Number of magistrate judges."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 16-12B-1.1 - Number of magistrate judges."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/16-12B-1.1"><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="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=16-12B-1.1" rel="noopener"><span class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbSENU">16-12B-1.1</span></a><span class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbSENU">.</span><span class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbCL">Number of magistrate judges.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbNormal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbDefaultParagraphFont">The number of magistrate judges in the judicial circuits established by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=16-5-1.2" rel="noopener"><span class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbDefaultParagraphFont">16-5-1.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbDefaultParagraphFont"> is fixed as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbStatuteNumber1"><span class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbDefaultParagraphFont">(1)    First Circuit: Two full-time magistrate judges;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbStatuteNumber1"><span class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbDefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Second Circuit: Five full-time magistrate judges;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbStatuteNumber1"><span class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbDefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Third Circuit: Two full-time magistrate judges;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbStatuteNumber1"><span class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbDefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Fourth Circuit: Two full-time magistrate judges;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbStatuteNumber1"><span class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbDefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Fifth Circuit: One full-time magistrate judge;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbStatuteNumber1"><span class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbDefaultParagraphFont">(6)    Sixth Circuit: One full-time magistrate judge; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbStatuteNumber1"><span class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbDefaultParagraphFont">(7)    Seventh Circuit: Four full-time magistrate judges.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bb000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbDefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s308f50d77f214de385b14ca6b964d4bbSCL">§ 16-12A-3.1; SL 2004, ch 317 (Supreme Court Rule 03-16), eff. Jan. 1, 2004; SL 2013, ch 264 (Supreme Court Rule 13-03), eff. Feb. 14, 2013; SL 2015, ch 263 (Supreme Court Rule 15-01), eff. Jan. 16, 2015; SL 2016, ch 243 (Supreme Court Rule 16-04), eff. July 1, 2016; SL 2020, ch 245 (Supreme Court Rule 19-15), eff. May. 1, 2019; SL 2024, ch 237 (Supreme Court Rule 23-16), eff. June 15, 2023.</span></p></div></body></html>