S.D. Codified Laws § 16-2-29.1
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Fees of Supreme Court clerk--No fee in certain cases
Official statutory text
The clerk of the Supreme Court shall charge the following fees and shall collect them in advance:
(1) For each action or proceeding originally commenced in or brought to the Supreme Court by appeal, to be advanced by the party commencing or bringing such action or proceeding, fifty dollars;
(2) For each certificate of admission to practice as an attorney and counselor at law, ten dollars;
(3) For each copy of any opinion, record or paper from an active file in the clerk's custody, fifty cents per page, provided, however, that the minimum charge shall be two dollars;
(4) For each copy of any opinion, record or paper from an inactive file in the clerk's custody, fifty cents per page, provided, however, that the minimum charge shall be five dollars;
(5) For facsimile or electronic mail transmission of any opinion, record or paper from an active or inactive file in the clerk's custody, one dollar per page, provided, however, that the minimum charge shall be five dollars.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §§ 32.0203, 33.0708; SL 1963, ch 225; SDCL §§ 15-26-7 , 16-2-10; SL 1975, ch 161, § 1; Supreme Court Rule 85-2; SL 1991, ch 438 (Supreme Court Rule 91-4); SL 2000, ch 262 (Supreme Court Rule 00-8); SL 2011, ch 108, § 2.
(1) For each action or proceeding originally commenced in or brought to the Supreme Court by appeal, to be advanced by the party commencing or bringing such action or proceeding, fifty dollars;
(2) For each certificate of admission to practice as an attorney and counselor at law, ten dollars;
(3) For each copy of any opinion, record or paper from an active file in the clerk's custody, fifty cents per page, provided, however, that the minimum charge shall be two dollars;
(4) For each copy of any opinion, record or paper from an inactive file in the clerk's custody, fifty cents per page, provided, however, that the minimum charge shall be five dollars;
(5) For facsimile or electronic mail transmission of any opinion, record or paper from an active or inactive file in the clerk's custody, one dollar per page, provided, however, that the minimum charge shall be five dollars.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §§ 32.0203, 33.0708; SL 1963, ch 225; SDCL §§ 15-26-7 , 16-2-10; SL 1975, ch 161, § 1; Supreme Court Rule 85-2; SL 1991, ch 438 (Supreme Court Rule 91-4); SL 2000, ch 262 (Supreme Court Rule 00-8); SL 2011, ch 108, § 2.
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