16-6-9. Original civil jurisdiction of circuit court.
The circuit court has original jurisdiction as follows:
(1) In all actions or proceedings in chancery;
(2) In all actions at law and in equity;
(3) In all cases where the title or boundary to real property comes in question;
(4) In all actions for divorce or annulment of marriage;
(5) In all matters of probate, guardianship, conservatorship, and settlement of estates of deceased persons;
(6) Proceedings relating to minors under chapters 26-7A, 26-8A, 26-8B, and 26-8C;
(7) In all other cases now or hereafter provided by law granting jurisdiction to the circuit court, and as heretofore granted to district county, municipal, justice of the peace, and police magistrate courts.
Source: CCivP 1877, § 28; CL 1887, § 4825; RCCivP 1903, § 30; RC 1919, § 2114; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.0904; SL 1973, ch 130, § 2; SL 1993, ch 213, § 94.
16-6-9.2. Facsimile transmissions--Applicable statutory requirements.
The circuit court may use facsimile transmission to accelerate the issuance, execution, and delivery of all papers, orders and warrants, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Criminal matters: arrest and search warrants;
(2) Juvenile matters: orders or warrants for taking a juvenile into custody and for the release or detention of the juvenile;
(3) Family matters: ex parte temporary orders for protection; and
(4) Civil cases: temporary restraining orders.
Unless modified herein, existing statutory requirements shall apply. Signatures, certifications, authentications, and other forms of verification on facsimiles shall have the same force and effect as their original counterparts.
Source: SL 1991, ch 450 (Supreme Court Rule 91-16).