{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-16-12c-9","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 16-12C-9","heading":"Jurisdiction--Committal--Conditions.","body":"A magistrate court with a clerk magistrate presiding has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts to act as a committing magistrate if voluntary and knowledgeable waiver of preliminary hearing has been given before the court. The magistrate court may conduct preliminary hearings as a committing magistrate unless demand is made by the defendant prior to such hearing to have the hearing conducted before a magistrate judge or a circuit judge to be assigned by the presiding judge.","path":["TITLE 16. COURTS AND JUDICIARY","CHAPTER 16-12C. CLERK MAGISTRATES"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/16-12C-9","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"b90660dc2830b4e23e9432155871bf9d6b760533a87a7b9d185c6c24999012bf","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-16-12c-8","next":"us-sd/sdcl-16-12c-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}