15-24A-1. Power to answer.
The Supreme Court may answer questions of law certified to it by the Supreme Court of the United States, a court of appeals of the United States, or a United States district court, if there are questions of law of this state involved in any proceeding before the certifying court which may be determinative of the cause pending in the certifying court and it appears to the certifying court and to the Supreme Court that there is no controlling precedent in the decisions of the Supreme Court of this state.
Source: SL 1984, ch 154, §1; Supreme Court Rule 85-7, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 24A - Certification Of Questions Of Law To Supreme Court
Section 15-24A-1 - Power to answer.
Section 15-24A-3 - Method of invoking.
Section 15-24A-4 - Contents of certification order.
Section 15-24A-5 - Preparation of certification order.
Section 15-24A-6 - Costs of certification.
Section 15-24A-7 - Briefs and argument.
Section 15-24A-9 - Severability.