16-2-27. Continuing duties of clerks of court.

The duly elected or appointed clerks of courts shall continue to perform duties as follows:

(1)    Duties, nonjudicial in nature, required by law to be performed until transferred by the Legislature to other appropriate officers, or until such duties are abolished, provided that in such event provision will be made for the transfer of all books and records as may be appropriate to carry out the intent of any such action; and

(2)    Judicial duties involving civil, probate, or criminal procedure or remedies, whether heretofore prescribed by law or by rule of the Supreme Court, until further order of the Supreme Court.

Source: Supreme Court Order, October 29, 1973.

16-2-27.1. Passport application duties of clerks--Fees.

Clerks of the circuit courts in the counties of Aurora, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Butte, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Corson, Custer, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas, Edmunds, Fall River, Faulk, Grant, Gregory, Haakon, Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Harding, Hutchinson, Hyde, Jackson, Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lincoln, Lyman, Marshall, McCook, McPherson, Mellette, Miner, Moody, Perkins, Potter, Roberts, Sanborn, Spink, Stanley, Sully, Tripp, Turner, Union, Walworth, and Ziebach may assist in the execution of United States passport applications. Any fees collected but not remitted to the United States State Department shall be deposited in the state general fund.

Source: Supreme Court Rule 85-10; SL 2008, ch 290 (Supreme Court Rule 08-04), eff. July 1, 2008.