A magistrate court with a clerk magistrate presiding has concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit courts, in noncontested civil actions or noncontested small claims proceedings where the amount of money or damage does not exceed twelve thousand dollars, to take the necessary evidence and to enter a judgment.
S.D. Codified Laws § 16-12C-13
Jurisdiction--Noncontested proceedings with limited damage amount
Source: SL 2003, ch 117, § 40; SL 2008, ch 105, § 2.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.