{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-16-12a-2.3","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 16-12A-2.3","heading":"Court with magistrate judge as court of record.","body":"Any magistrate court with a magistrate judge presiding is a court of record. However, no magistrate court with a clerk magistrate presiding is a court of record.","path":["TITLE 16. COURTS AND JUDICIARY","CHAPTER 16-12A. MAGISTRATE COURTS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/16-12A-2.3","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"6197a96ae12c17ad53d562e0f90dea9bfa3aed893ec4af2bb3ebdb155558dfc1","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-16-12a-2.2","next":"us-sd/sdcl-16-12a-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}