{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-15-14-6.1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 15-14-6.1","heading":"Challenges for cause in a civil case.","body":"Challenges for cause may be taken on any of the following grounds:\n(1) The prospective juror does not meet one of the qualifications required by § 16-13-10 or is disqualified under that section;\n(2) The prospective juror is related by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth degree, as defined by § 23A-20-30, to a party in the case;\n(3) The prospective juror is a member of the family of a party or one of the attorneys in the case;\n(4) The prospective juror has a relationship of guardian and ward, master and servant, employer and employee, landlord and tenant, or principal and agent with an attorney or a party in the case;\n(5) The prospective juror is a partner or associate in business with an attorney or a party in the case;\n(6) The prospective juror is a surety on a bond or an obligation for an attorney or a party in the case;\n(7) The prospective juror, presently, has a relationship of attorney and client with one of the attorneys in the case or has had such a relationship within one year previously;\n(8) The prospective juror is an officer, agent, or employee of a corporation, between which corporation and an attorney in the case, the relationship of attorney and client exists;\n(9) The prospective juror is the spouse of an attorney in the case;\n(10) The prospective juror is the spouse of any other prospective juror who would be subject to a challenge for cause under this section;\n(11) The prospective juror previously served as a juror or was a witness in a previous trial between the same parties for the same cause of action;\n(12) The prospective juror has a pecuniary interest in the outcome of the case, except an interest as a member or citizen of a municipal corporation or other government unit;\n(13) The prospective juror has knowledge of some or all of the material facts of the case and has an unqualified opinion or belief as to the merits of the case;\n(14) The prospective juror has a state of mind evincing enmity against, or bias to or against a party in the case;\n(15) Within two years prior to being summoned, the prospective juror served as a juror in the county during a prior term of jury service pursuant to § 16-13-22;\n(16) The prospective juror has a civil case pending in the county exclusive of small claims actions;\n(17) If a talesman, the prospective juror applied directly or indirectly to a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or coroner of the county to be summoned for jury duty;\n(18) A challenge for actual bias showing the existence of a state of mind on the part of a prospective juror, in reference to the case or to a party, that satisfies the court, in the exercise of sound discretion, that the juror cannot try the issue impartially, without prejudice to the substantial rights of the party challenging.","path":["TITLE 15. CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 15-14. CONDUCT OF JURY TRIALS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/15-14-6.1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"dd0d62270684daae3f37fe7b29d83117000f16c097ceb47b87a4e29b88fef78a","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-15-14-6","next":"us-sd/sdcl-15-14-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}