15-15A-5. General access rule.
(1) Information in the court record is accessible to the public except and as prohibited by statute or rule and except as restricted by ยงยง15-15A-7 through 15-15A-13.
(2)There shall be a publicly accessible indication of the existence of information in a court record to which access has been restricted, which indication shall not disclose the nature of the information protected, i.e., "sealed document."
(3)An individual circuit or a local court may not adopt a more restrictive access policy or otherwise restrict access beyond that provided by statute or in this rule, nor provide greater access than that provided for by statute or in this rule.
Source: SL 2004, ch 333 (Supreme Court Rule 04-06), eff. July 1, 2004; SL 2005, ch 291 (Supreme Court Rule 05-05), eff. Feb. 25, 2005.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 15A - Unified Judicial System Court Records Rule
Section 15-15A-1 - Purpose of rule of access to court records.
Section 15-15A-2 - Who has access to court records under the rule.
Section 15-15A-3 - Definition of terms.
Section 15-15A-4 - Applicability of rule.
Section 15-15A-5 - General access rule.
Section 15-15A-6 - Court records that are only publicly available at a court facility.
Section 15-15A-7 - Court records excluded from public access.
Section 15-15A-10 - Procedure for requesting access to confidential financial documents.
Section 15-15A-11 - Requests for bulk distribution of court records.
Section 15-15A-12 - Access to compiled information from court records.
Section 15-15A-13 - Requests to prohibit public access to information in court records.
Section 15-15A-14 - When court records may be accessed.
Section 15-15A-15 - Fees for accessing court records.
Section 15-15A-16 - Access to certain court security information.