{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-16-2-29.5","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 16-2-29.5","heading":"Records search fee.","body":"The clerk of court shall charge a records search fee in the amount of twenty dollars for each record search conducted if the search is requested by a person who is not a party named in the action for which the search is being requested. The clerk shall charge a fee of five dollars if the requesting party certifies that the search is being requested in conjunction with a pending state or federal cause of action. A separate fee shall be charged for each name, whether individual or corporate, for which a search is requested. The clerk shall deposit the fee in accordance with § 16-2-43. The clerk may not charge a records search fee if the search is requested by an attorney of record or any member of the attorney of record's law firm or staff.","path":["TITLE 16. COURTS AND JUDICIARY","CHAPTER 16-2. THE UNIFIED JUDICIAL SYSTEM"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/16-2-29.5","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"4b2c4163ccad92c2f2ba6e7ee4722a6a9caedf208b9a30f3569f3ac48f74a8d1","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-16-2-29.4","next":"us-sd/sdcl-16-2-29.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}