{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-19-13a-2","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 19-13A-2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Mediation\" means a process in which a mediator facilitates communication and negotiation between parties to assist them in reaching a voluntary agreement regarding their dispute.\n(2) \"Mediation communication\" means a statement, whether oral or in a record or verbal or nonverbal, that occurs during a mediation or is made for purposes of considering, conducting, participating in, initiating, continuing, or reconvening a mediation or retaining a mediator.\n(3) \"Mediator\" means an individual who conducts a mediation.\n(4) \"Nonparty participant\" means a person, other than a party or mediator, that participates in a mediation.\n(5) \"Mediation party\" means a person that participates in a mediation and whose agreement is necessary to resolve the dispute.\n(6) \"Person\" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government; governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality; public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.\n(7) \"Proceeding\" means:\n(A) a judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other adjudicative process, including related pre-hearing and post-hearing motions, conferences, and discovery; or\n(B) a legislative hearing or similar process.\n(8) \"Record\" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.\n(9) \"Sign\" means:\n(A) to execute or adopt a tangible symbol with the present intent to authenticate a record; or\n(B) to attach or logically associate an electronic symbol, sound, or process to or with a record with the present intent to authenticate a record.","path":["TITLE 19. EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 19-13A. UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/19-13A-2","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"77a287f41e91288eca8fce7ebaa255da637791efd8355eba3cf847b8d4570c0a","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-19-13a-1","next":"us-sd/sdcl-19-13a-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}