{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-15-15a-2","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 15-15A-2","heading":"Who has access to court records under the rule.","body":"Every member of the public has the same access to court records as provided in this rule, except as provided otherwise by statute or rule and except as provided in § 15-15A-7.\n\"Public\" includes:\n(1) any person and any business or non-profit entity, organization or association;\n(2) any governmental agency for which there is no existing policy, statute or rule defining the agency's access to court records;\n(3) media organizations.\n\"Public\" does not include:\n(4) court or clerk of court employees;\n(5) people or entities, private or governmental, who assist the court in providing court services;\n(6) public agencies whose access to court records is defined by another statute, rule, order, policy or database access agreement with the South Dakota Unified Judicial System;\n(7) the parties to a case or their lawyers regarding access to the court record in their case, which may be defined by statute or rule.","path":["TITLE 15. CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 15-15A. UNIFIED JUDICIAL SYSTEM COURT RECORDS RULE"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/15-15A-2","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"90f93d2349ee05b1c1a39878823a959be87dbe967eb692aa6c01733fbe7b8fa6","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-15-15a-1","next":"us-sd/sdcl-15-15a-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}