16-13-1. Master jury list for each county–Courts by which used–Summons to supply deficiency–Annual compilation of list. There shall be a master jury list for each county from which jurors shall be drawn for service as grand jurors and as petit jurors for the circuit and magistrate courts; provided that talesmen may be summoned by order […]
16-13-10. Qualifications of jurors. Any citizen of this state, who is a resident of the county or jury district where the jury is selected, eighteen years of age or older prior to January first of the year of jury service, of sound mind and who is able to read, write, and understand the English language, […]
16-13-10.1. Policy of state regarding jury selection and service. It is the policy of the State of South Dakota that all litigants in the courts of this state entitled to trial by jury shall have the right to grand and petit juries selected at random from a fair cross-section of the community in the municipality, […]
16-13-10.2. Discrimination prohibited. No citizen shall be excluded from service as a grand or petit juror in the courts of this state on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status. Source: SL 1972, ch 125, §3.
16-13-10.3. Certain elderly persons may be excused upon request. Any person eighty years of age or older may request to be excused from jury duty. The judge shall give substantial weight to the person’s request to be relieved from jury duty, balancing the request with the need to impanel a jury. Source: SL 2009, ch […]
16-13-10.4. Breastfeeding mothers and new parents exempt from jury duty. The parent of a child expected to be born during, or immediately prior to, the scheduled jury duty or a mother breastfeeding a baby younger than one year may submit a written request for an exemption from jury duty to the clerk of court within […]
16-13-13. Signing and filing of master juror list–Preparation of separate tickets by clerk of court–Electronic process authorized. Promptly upon completion of the master juror list, and in any event before October first in each year, the clerk of courts shall sign and file the list. The list shall be kept on file for four years. […]
16-13-15. Review of qualifications of jurors on master jury list–Removal of disqualified persons from list–Record of reasons for disqualification. The clerk of courts shall ascertain whether each of the persons on the master juror list has the qualifications of a juror as provided by §16-13-10 from the information available from records of the county or […]
16-13-18.1. Random selection process defined. For the purposes of this chapter, the jury selection process determined by §16-13-9.2 shall be known as the “random selection process.” Source: SL 1973, ch 135, §8.
16-13-18.2. Enforcement of chapter by Supreme Court. The Supreme Court may by rule make provisions to see that this chapter is enforced properly in every county within the state. Source: SL 1973, ch 135, §9; SL 1978, ch 178, §574.
16-13-18.3. Responsibility of circuit presiding judge–Variation of process to meet local conditions–Approval and filing of variations. The presiding judge of each circuit shall administer and enforce the jury selection provisions of this chapter. Such judge may vary the terms of the random selection process to meet local conditions in any county or jury district in […]
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 […]
16-13-19. Additional selections if master list inadequate. If the master list proves to be inadequate to provide such panels as may be ordered, the court may order that additional names be placed on the master list. The additional selections shall substantially conform to the apportionment and manner of selection of the original list, as set […]
16-13-2. Minimum number of names placed on master jury list. The minimum number of names to be placed on the master jury list for each county shall be designated by order of the presiding judge of the circuit court, or a judge of the circuit designated by him, to be made each year before September […]
16-13-20. Summons of grand jury. The grand jury shall be summoned in the same manner as provided for summoning petit juries. Source: SL 1867-8, ch 19, §5; PolC 1877, ch 19, §6; SL 1885, ch 62, §1; CL 1887, §445; SL 1891, ch 73, §1; RPolC 1903, §710; RC 1919, §5285; SDC 1939 & Supp […]
16-13-21. Circuit court order required for summons of grand jury. A grand jury shall not be drawn, summoned, or required to attend at the sitting of any circuit court unless the judge thereof shall so direct by written order under his hand filed with the clerk of courts. Source: SL 1895, ch 64, §7; SL […]
16-13-22. Circuit court order for selection of petit jury–Specifications of order. The presiding judge of each circuit, or a judge of the circuit court designated by the presiding judge, shall issue an order prior to October first of each year to the clerk of courts that a petit jury for the county or jury district […]
16-13-23. Time for selection of jury panels. Within fifteen days from the receipt of the order provided in §16-13-22, but no later than the first day of November, the clerk of courts shall select the jury panels. Any such officer who is not disqualified may act by deputy. Source: SL 1935, ch 85, §10; SL […]
16-13-27. Electronic selection system used to fill jury panels. The clerk of courts shall use an electronic selection system to fill the jury panels with names from the master jury list. The clerk of courts shall sign the list to indicate that the selection was fairly performed to the best of the clerk’s knowledge. Source: […]
16-13-28. Disregard and replacement of jurors who have served. If any person whose name has been drawn has served as a juror in any state court of record in the county since the verification and drawing of the master jury list, such name shall be disregarded and another drawn in its place. A person has […]
