{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-15-38-40","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 15-38-40","heading":"(Rule 7(c)) Trial de novo when verbatim record not available.","body":"When an appeal is taken to the circuit court from a judgment rendered in a magistrate court and no verbatim record of the proceedings is available, the circuit court shall direct that the case be tried de novo.","path":["TITLE 15. CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 15-38. APPEALS FROM MAGISTRATE COURT"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/15-38-40","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"5f1ca15fb12beff0fe421d9bbbb8904870582356bee20a18366e60f9c19ca2f7","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-15-38-39","next":"us-sd/sdcl-15-39-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}