{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-26-11-3.1","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 26-11-3.1","heading":"Request for transfer hearing by delinquent child charged with felony.","body":"Any delinquent child sixteen years of age or older against whom Class A, Class B, Class C, Class 1, or Class 2 felony charges have been filed shall be tried in circuit court as an adult. However, the child may request a transfer hearing which shall be conducted pursuant to § 26-11-4 to determine if it is in the best interest of the public that the child be tried in circuit court as an adult. In such a transfer hearing, there is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interest of the public that any child, sixteen years of age or older, who is charged with a Class A, Class B, Class C, Class 1, or Class 2 felony, shall be tried as an adult.","path":["TITLE 26. MINORS","CHAPTER 26-11. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MINORS"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/26-11-3.1","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"d3a2f1e216c603a98f7aae4cb7f0397d2e3170e0e4ed1a6be1c677e287dba551","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-26-11-3","next":"us-sd/sdcl-26-11-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}