S.D. Codified Laws § 16-2-64

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Document charges for electronic access to documents pilot program

Official statutory text

Any documents obtained through an electronic search of the Unified Judicial System's electronic access portal shall be charged ten cents per page but no more than three dollars per document. This fee shall not be applicable to an attorney of record on a case or an abstractor for use during the normal course of business or any entity that has a data access agreement providing document access. A self-represented litigant may not be charged a copy fee by the clerk of court for documents on cases in which they appear as a party. Any fee collected pursuant to this section will be deposited in accordance with § 16-2-43 .

Source: SL 2019, ch 228 (Supreme Court Rule 19-07), § 2, eff. Feb. 25, 2019.

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