{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-16-1-2.1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 16-1-2.1","heading":"Election of Chief Justice--Term of office--Removal.","body":"The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be selected from among the justices of the Supreme Court by a majority vote of the justices for a term of four years without limitation in successive terms. The Chief Justice so selected may be removed by a four-fifths vote of the justices but such removal shall not thereby constitute his removal as a justice of the Supreme Court.","path":["TITLE 16. COURTS AND JUDICIARY","CHAPTER 16-1. THE SUPREME COURT"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/16-1-2.1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"d1c0134ca57cac6bd2a8255e6d271293f2d80b64c84c2635c667c9fddca7d0df","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-16-1-2","next":"us-sd/sdcl-16-1-2.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}