Duly certified copies of such journals shall be received in all courts of the state as original evidence, and the volumes wherein the same are published by authority of the state, shall be prima facie evidence of such proceedings.
S.D. Codified Laws § 2-7-12
Certified copies of journals as prima facie evidence of proceedings
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Independent Community Bankers Ass'n of South Dakota v. State Ex Rel. Meierhenry (1984)
Most recently applied in In Re Request of Rounds (March 2003)
Source: SDC 1939, § 55.0602; SL 1968, ch 201, § 3.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.