When an appeal is taken to the circuit court from a judgment rendered in a magistrate court and no verbatim record of the proceedings is available, the circuit court shall direct that the case be tried de novo.
S.D. Codified Laws § 15-38-40
(Rule 7(c)) Trial de novo when verbatim record not available
Source: Supreme Court Rule 78-4, Rule 7 (c).
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.