The circuit court has jurisdiction of appeals from all final judgments, decrees, or orders of all courts of limited jurisdiction, inferior officers, or tribunals, in the cases prescribed by statute.
S.D. Codified Laws § 16-6-10
Appellate jurisdiction of circuit court
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case State v. Schwaller (2006)
Most recently applied in State v. Kari (May 2021)
Source: CCivP 1877, § 29; CL 1887, § 4826; RCCivP 1903, § 31; RC 1919, § 2115; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.0905; SL 1973, ch 130, § 3.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.