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Home » US Law » 2022 South Dakota Codified Laws » Title 16 - Courts and Judiciary » Chapter 13 - Jury Lists And Panels » Section 16-13-18.4 – Creation of jury district for county with population of less than five thousand.

16-13-18.4. Creation of jury district for county with population of less than five thousand.

If any county within a circuit has a population of less than five thousand, the presiding circuit court judge may create a jury district by joining that county with one or more other counties within the circuit until the total population of the counties exceeds ten thousand. Each county within a jury district is entitled to pro rata representation upon the master jury list to be computed by the presiding judge upon the basis of the last official census.

Source: SL 1997, ch 119, §1; SL 1998, ch 116, §2.